DEVOTED TO RATIONAL SPIRITUALISM AND PRACTICAL REFORM.

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V E N T IL A T IO N O P A N C IE N T S P IR IT U A L IS MB T A F A N T H A T H A S TH O RO U G H LY P U R G ED T H E FLO O R.

No. ir.' G E N E S I S .

Ours is not the beaten track of skeptic or believer. Not with grosser science shall we reject all that claims to be of Spirit, nor receive all that Seer or Prophet claims oracular in the name of God. Taking Moses as the Seer or Medium for the books in his name, we decide not how much waa subject­ive influx, or afflatus from the universal fount of being; but when he and other ancients make personally objective their Jehovahs, Joves, or Lords, we measure them in the light of the present opening of the heavens, and behold them the fa­miliar spirits of .antiquity. We have only to see if the Spir­itualism of that day is best for present needs. We love all physical, moral and spiritual tru th ; but we want no cloudy garniture in place of the shining garments of 'the higher heavens.

We have no room, nor is there need to dwell upon those old landmarks which geology, ethnology, and historieo-scientific inquiry have swept away. Who would tread more fully the enchanted ground, can do so through Mrs. Child, DcWette and McNaught. By them and others along the upward plane, there is much upheaval of Oriental Ideas. We take the spir­itual status of old time, and seek its fullest, roundest growth for us,—its worth, no more, no less, whether of truth or ro­mance of creation. Granting Adam and Eve for a basis, we shall not stop to inquire if Eve’s conception from the rib of Adam be more of miracle than Minerva stepping from the head of Jupiter. I t is related that Adam and Eve heard the voice of the Lord. They were then clairaudient, or had the gift of spirit-hearing, as some mediums now have ; but not to­day do we ascribe these voices to the Universal Soul, or Most High, save through his intervening angels. There are excep­tions in conceited persons who claim their own familiars as being very God of Gods, who speaks with exclusive specialty to themselves ; but ignorance, vanity and superstition are not the way to the resurrection and the life. Even in Old Jewry i t was not always Lord, Lord, but sometimes it was the angel, though various ways and names embraced- the God-head, as

-■— -\Moses was sometimes God, and other men were Lords, or men of God, who oracled in his name. Gentiledom heard voices from prophetic founts and oracles divine, perhaps more sweet­ly toned than some thunders from Mount Sinai. I f these “ voices” w ere but conscience, as Feltonwise suggested, where •his scope of science to measure like voices in Old Jewry ?— ■where his cohesion of parts in a “ connected whole,” as per Agassiz, in his sweep of turtledom ? A fragmentist and sham philosopher is he who would ingear the Jew afflatus from all the world besides.

We shall no t, consider at length how the Mosaic Lord “ planted a garden eastward in Eden,” nor how he “ made coats of skins and clothed Adam and Eve,” nor of the Lord’s having respect unto Abel, “ though he is no respecter of per­sons,” nor of his familiar talk with Cain, nor of the latter’s marriage with his own sister, so utterly revolting to physiolog­ical law that families could not come of such incestuous sources, but in utter imbecility of being; nor could humanity have perpetuated itself in line of such beginning. We shall not dwell upon the rather surprising proficiency of Cain’s grand-sons in “ handling the harp and the organ,” nor shall we inquire who were the eminent composers in regions adjacent to Eden, nor who were the “ Sons of God who saw the daugh­ters of men that they were fair, and took them wives of all they chose,” nor why “ it repented the Lord and grieved him at his heart,” that he had fallen short in his foreknowledge of creation, and decided to destroy i t ; nor of Noah, with his Ark, peopling the earth anew therefrom, though science shows that at the time of new beginning, there were abundance of animals and men, though traditionary flood had just destroyed them; nor shall we take heed of endless genealogies, nor how “ Nim­rod was a mighty hunter before the Lord,” except a word or two on this and other heads from Jasker, by and by. Our “ Word” in many things seems abridged from Jasker’s details. We shall not query how the Lord came down to watch the building of the Tower of Babel, nor what Lord it was, nor to whom he talked when he said, “ let us go down and there con­found their language,” nor how he “ appeared unto Abram” and talked with h i m; nor how he plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife; nor of their close affinity by inter-marriage. Only in few words

' shall we take note of some of these. But when the deriders of Modern Spiritualism charge us with crudities and all man­ner of evils, it may be well for them who think they stand on better foundation in Old Jewry, to take heed lest their ground fail them, and they be swallowed up with Korah, Datham and Abiram. ,

Of those coats of skins which the Lord God made for Adam and Eve, the Book of Jasher gives a fuller account—chapter 7 t h :

24. The g a rm e n ts w h ich G od m ade fo r A dam a n d h is w ife, w hen th e y w en t o u t o f th e g a rd e n , w ere g iven to C ush. ’

25. F o r a f te r th e d e a th o f A dam a n d h is w ife, th e g a rm e n ts w ere g iv en to E n o ch , th e son o f J e re d ; a n d w h en E n o ch w as ta k e n u p to G od, h e gave th em to M eth u se lah , h is sop.

26. A n d a t th e d e a th o f M e th u se lah , N oah took th em a n d b ro u g h t th em in to th e A rk , an d th ey w ere w ith h im u n ti l h e w en t o u t o f th e A rk .

27. A nd in th e ir go in g o u t, H am sto le those g a rm e n ts fro m N o ah ; h is fa th e r, a n d he took them an d h id th em from h is b ro th e rs .

28. A nd w hen H am b eg a t h is f irs t-b o rn , C u sh , he gav e to h im the g a rm e n ts in se c re t, an d th e y w ere w ith C ush m a n y day s .

29. A nd C ush also concealed th em from h is sons a n d b ro th e rs ; an d w h en C ush h ad begotten N im ro d , he gav e h im those g a rm e n ts th ro u g h h is love for h im ; an d N im rod g rew u p , a n d w hen he w as tw en ty y e a rs o ld , he p u t on th ese g a rm e n ts .

30. A n d N im rod becam e s tro n g w h en h e p u t on th e g a rm e n ts , an dGod gav e Ijim m ig h t a n d s tr e n g th , a n d h e w as a m ig h ty h u n to r in th e e a r th , y e a he w as a m ig h ty h u n te r in th e field, a n d h e h u n te d th e a n ­im a ls , au d h e b u i l t a l ta r s , an d h e offered upo n th e m th e an im a ls before th e L o rd . '

These garments, when Nimrod put them on, were 1650 years old; and though they were stolen from Noah, they ap­pear to have lost none of their talismanic influence ; and au­gury by these old .clothes as seamless garments from heaven, yet continues in our churches. True, open vision sees many rents in these Jewish old clothes. But many worship these old relics as infallible, by simply opening the mouth and shut­ting the eyes; and hence the garments made in the Garden of Eden have become as holy as the breeches of Mohammed.

“ There is,” says Henry James, in a late letter from Europe,“ a shocking odor of old clothes in most of the European churches;” and that there is better ventilation in the Ameri­can. We grant you ; but it is the Spiritualistic fan that is thoroughly purging the ancient floor of the Hebrew old clothes which Ham stole from Noah 1650 years after God made them for Adam and Eve. Noah got drunk and cursed Ham, while Nimrod, under the magic influence of the stolen clothes, be­came a mighty man in the spirit of the L ord ; and because unsober Noah cursed Ham, we have many Lords in our dark theologies, Lords who teach that the curse extends to our day, making it right and Christian to enslave the supposed descend­ants of Ham. Surely it is time for ventilation, when the Church so augurs and the State so follows. We hope that the unventilated old clothes of Moses or Paul will not impart of their leprous distilments forever, as was the prophet’s curse of leprosy against Gehazi and seed, when Naaman was cured of his leprosy, and Gehazi perhaps put on the unwashed clothes.

We learn too by the ■ “ infallible word” of Jasher, that “ Cainan was a very wise man, and by his wisdom he ruled over spirits and demons.” This wisdom of the ancients gen­erally has reference to the mediumistic character, as Moses, “ learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.” I t appears by the 2d chapter of Jasher that many were opposed to philo­progenitiveness quite early in the morning of creation; for the very first damsels we read of, both in King James’ version and in the authorized Jasher, Adah and Zillah—according to Jask­er, Adah was fruitful, but Zillah was barren. Why she was barren is related in 2d chapter, 18th and 25th verses, inclu­sive. In her old age she became fruitful and bore Tubal Cain declaring she had “ obtained him from the Almighty God.”

According to Milton, the question was debated between Adam and Eve whether it was well to be the way of life of children conceived in sin and brought forth" in iniquity. Eve stood no­bly up and decided against peopling the world with wretched­ness. Adam admits that all would be but “ propagated curse,” and that all posterity would execrate his name,—but prevailed by pleading other issues of escape, some vicarious scapegoat of atonement running the gauntlet of the wrath to come. Thus, in Adam’s fall, Milton had to sing “ endless misery from this day forward,” and our old theologies join in full chorus the infernal din of the beauty and the reasonableness of venge­ful wrath forever.

Ah, Adam! Adam! your vicarious plea has darker made damnation. Who have built thereon, return from spirit-land to say that it does not aught avail them, but only in the up­right life and true do we go upwards. Our salvation must be worked, not saddled on another.

The “ Word” of Jasher gives a full account of Enoch’s translation into heaven. An angel of the Lord called to him, and then a great horse descended from heaven. Enoch rode this horse about a week towards heaven with 800,000 men following, and “ upon the seventh day ascended into heaven in a whirlwind, with horses and chariot of fire.”

We also learn by the same “ Word” that Noah married the youthful Naamah, daughter of Enoch, when “ she was five hundred and eighty years old ; • and N oah was four hundred and ninety-eight years old when he took Naamah for a wife.”

Noah then builds the Ark, and the elect of man and beast go in. The outsiders also asked for an inside berth, but Noah reminds them that the day of grace— 120 years-—has passed, and “ now the Lord will not listen to you, neither will he give ear to you on this day.” I t seems the voyage was rather a stormy one, for when the ark swung from its moorings, “ it was tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within wero turned about like pottage in a cauldron. The

lions roared, the oxen lowed, the wolves howled, and every liv­ing creature in the ark spoke and lamented in its own lan­guage,” to say nothing of Balaam’s ass—which was doubtless on hand— and spoke trumpet tones on the occasion. Upon the whole, it appears that they who were counted out, fared better than they who were counted in ; for besides the roar of voices and the rush of many waters, there was great deficiency of ventilation. According to the Episcopal Rev. McNaught, in his measurement of the infallible “ Word,” “ the ark was450 feet long, 75 broad, and 45 high, and ventilation was provided for by one window 18 inches square.” I t is hardly to be ex­pected that in such quarters the inmates were regaled with “ Sabean odors from the spicy shore of Araby the blest,” but rather contrary wise, pretty considerably so.

In the “ Word” of Jasher, we also find applied to Abram the original of some of our gospel story of Jesus, the Star in the East, the wise men, and the slaying of the children. We also find in the same Word the colloquy of God and Satan, as of Job in our Bible, but of Abraham in Jasher. Our Bible appears to have taken only a few scraps of the life of Abra­ham from tho Rook of Jasher, which has quite a full account; but we have not room to cite at large, and no doubt the Book can be readily had from among the modern Hebrews. For the sake of brevity, we shall follow our abridged Scriptures, though the same things may be found in Jasher much extended.

“ The Lord appeared unto Abram” as a familiar spirit, and talked to him ; “ and the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision.” - “ Abram was in a deep sleep, an horror of great darkness,” when he talked with this familiar spirit. But is not a deep sleep vision worth as much to-day as it was 4000 years ago ? or if such a vision should be accounted a night­mare in the present time, is it only distance lends enchantment to the view, to make it of the Lord God ot antiquity ?

The intent of this vision was to tell Abram that his poster­ity was to inherit his neighbor’s land. Abram required a test, saying, “ Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it ? and it was in this same “ deep sleep of horror and great darkness” that “ the Lord God made a covenant with Abram, giving him all the land from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.”

This is very like the dream of the cute Yankee with the In­dian, in more recent times. The Indian had dreampt for a small favor from the Yankee; and the Yankee gave according to the dream ; and knowing the sacred estimate of dreams among Indians, he dreampt away a large tract of their lands to himself. The Indian, amazed at the great length and breadth of the Yankee’s dream, yielded the land, but besought him to dream no more in that direction. So, too, we opine, must have been the amazement of all the people “ from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates,” whose lands were thus dreampt away through a “ deep sleep of great dark­ness” by Abram, in the name of the Lord. .

No wonder that “ men began to call upon the name of the Lord”—a name found very potent in all the ages since to keep the people in “ a deep sleep of great darkness.” Would it not be well for our heads of State to dream in the name of the Lord that Cuba and all the Isles of the sea, belong to us, and forthwith take them, “ as the Lord, their God has given them to go in and possess them.” Why not? “ The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,” and all belongs to his saints. Let it be voted that we are the saints, and the coast is clear, and plenty of holy men will give Scripture for the deed, as well as for making merchandise of the bodies and souls of men. While their great piety would suffer an Abrahamic “ horror” to hear a joyous laugh on “ God’s holy Sabbath day.” Those choice saints, Central American-wise, have ventilated the Bi­ble to show that God’s chosen people were a band of fillibus- ters, and so by doing likewise, they exemplify the mysteries of godliness.

The angel of the Lord found Hagar at a fountain in the wilderness. Here we see God, Lord, Angel, the names of the same being. “ And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, ‘ Thou God seest me ;’ for she said, ‘ Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?” I t is “ Thou God of visions” in some translations, and in the Douay Bible, the latter part of the verse is rendered, “ Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me,” that is of the God, the Lord, or the Angel, as it is related of Moses of his seeing the same parts of God.

Philo says that “ those beings whom other philosophers call demons, Moses usually calls angels; and they are the souls hovering in the air, and that if therefore you consider that souls and demons and angels are things differing indeed in name, but one and identical in reality, you will then be ready to discard that heavy burden, superstition.” Josephus speaks in the same familiar way of God, who appeared to him in dreams, as to Abram, and whom he interchangeably names angel or spirit. We may already clearly see from every page of the record, that our old theologies have deified and worshipped the familiar spirits of antiquity.

“ These be thy Gods, O Israel!” which our 19th century churches ask us to worship in the same darkness as themselves. Abram’s familiar again appeared to him, and claimed to be the

Almighty God,—changed Abram into Abraham,—and when “ he left off talking with him, God went up from Abraham.” Was this the same God who came to Hagar and part of whom she saw ? or were Hagar and Abraham seeing mediums, and saw spirits? or is it only romance of the earlier age? or, too doubtful in surroundings to be of worth to-day ? Here,-as all over the sacred legends, there is room for diversity of faith ; nor shall we pronounce anathema maranatha for any heresy in the premises. I f Modern Spiritualists like sometimes to come in the assumption of lofty names, not more wonderful is it that their ancient brethren would sometimes present them­selves as Almighty Gods. Philo, of the Allegorical Word, writing, when John was preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and Jesus “ about all Galilee,” enters at large upon the vari­ous names and appearances of God. Himself—a sublime phi­losopher, and receiving God as the universal Soul of being, in whom we live, move, and have our being—he also received an­gel or spirit as the God necessary to be addressed to the mul­titude ; but to the enlightened few, Angel, Soul, or Spirit, and Gentile Demons were the samp— the inexpressible God above all the angels as his workers. But Philo, no more than others, could decide how much the mind is wrought from the universal fount of being, from its inspirational afflatus, or by souls or angels in their personal objectivity. He says “ the air is full of souls, and the word of prophejy is accustomed to call these souls angels.” He claims divine inspiration for himself, but speaks of his familiar as an “ invisible spirit suggesting to him.” “ Philosophers,” he says, “ are wont to call these souls demons; but the sacred Scripture calls them angels.” Besides these angels speaking in the name of God, eminent men bore the name of Gods or Lords, as men bear ti tle s of Lords and Dukes to-day, and have servile worshippers of such names. According to the same Philo, the Prophet, or inspired Medium, or “ Man of God is reasonably to be called God, and this same person is God inasmuch as he is w i s e a n d that “ Moses received the inheritance of the name of God.” Jose­phus also uses God and Augel as names of the same beings.

C. B. P.

SPIRIT VOICES.B T G E O R G E W . L A M B .

In th e s ile n t g reenw ood g lad e ,In th e d im old fo re s t’s sh ad e ,

B y th e ru s h in g r iv e r ,—-There a re sw eet low voices s in g in g ,MuBic on th e soft breeze fling ing ,

A n d th ey h a u n t m e ever.

I n th e s ta r-c ro w n ed , q u ie t n ig h t ,K in g in g from th e m oonlit h e ig h t,

W h isp e rin g from th e v a le ,F ro m th e sw in g in g , lea fy b ough ,A n d th e dew y flow ers below ,

M u rm u r in g s til l th e ir ta le .

’T is o f day s lo n g passed aw ay ,’T is o f form s now cold in c lay

These sw eet voices tell.A t th e m em ories th ey b r in g ,T ea rs a n d sm iles, to g e th er, sp r in g

F ro m th e h e a r t ’s deep sw ell.

O ld frien d s a g a in ab o u t m e s ta n d ,A n d once m ore th e c la sp in g h a n d

A nd th e k in d lin g eye,B e tte r fa r th a n w ords c a n d o —T ell th a t h e a r ts a re w arm a n d tru o

A s in d ay s gone by.

A n d , a s these sw eet v isions th ro n g ,Jo y o u s la u g h s w ith m a n y a song .

O n th e c h a rm ed a i r sw ell, .A n d s tr ik e u p o n th e d ream in g b ra in T ill th e o ld tim e seem s back a g a in —

T he old tim e loved so well.

E v e r th u s in g reenw ood g lad e A n d in th e deep fo res t shade

A n d by th e ru sh in g r iv e r ,T h e re a re sw eet, low voices s in g in g ,M usic to th e soft f re e z e f lin g in g ,

A n d th e y h a u n t m e ever.

To work worthily, man must aspire worthily. His theory of human attainment must be lofty. I t must ever be lifting him above the low plain of custom and convention in which the senses confine him, into the high mount of vision and of renovating ideas.

I f there be some thoughts and actions of his life from the memory of which a man shrinks with shame, sure there are some which he may be proud to own and remember; forgiven injuries, conquered temptations (now and then), and difficul­ties vanquished by endurance.— Thackeray.

Truth is the nursing mother of genius. No man can be ab­solutely true to himself, eschewing cant, compromise, servile imitation, and complaisance, without becoming original; for there is in every creature a fountain of life which, if not choked back with stones and other dead rubbish, will create a fresh atmosphere, _ and bring to life fresh beauty.— Margaret Fuller.

. T or th e S p ir itu a l A g t .

“ T H E G O S P E L O P JE S U S .”The above is the title of a book which I have j ust published.

There is an interesting and somewhat remarkable spiritual ex­perience connected with the bringing of this work before tha world, one or two items of which I will here relate.

After the translation was placed in my hands, and while I was'taking a copy of the same, I was inquiring in my own mind whether I should be able these hard times to raise monej sufficient to publish it, when my spirit-friends came and told me that they had made all necessary provisions for that ob­ject. As these heavenly guardians had never deceived or mis­informed me, I had the utmost confidence in what they told me, and therefore made no exertions on my own part to raise any means for publishing the book. .■ But when I had completed the copy which I designed to be used in making the stereotype plates, I was impressed to take the same and go to Lee, Mass. On arriving there,I waa directed to call on Marcus Marble, one of the best trance* mediums that I have ever seen. The day before my arrival, the spirits had sent him home from Barre to meet me.

He was, soon after we met, entranced by Peter, who had many cheering words to impart to me, and who directed me to call the next day, a t a stated hour, a t the house of Benjamin Dean, Esq., in the village of Lee. I called as directed, and had been in the house but a few minutes when a gentleman, a Mr. Strickland, as I was informed, from Minnesota, came into the room. I perceived that he scrutinized my person very closely, and in fact did scarcely withdraw his eyes from me. Soon I was impressed to tell him that I had some valuable writings which I thought of publishing. He replied: ** I know it—I know all about it. Yon have got a new Bible which was found in the vaults under Rome. Six years ago I was told by a medium, who is an orthodox minister in Minne­sota, that such writings were found and brought to this coun­try ; and the person who was to bring them before the public was minutely described to me. And when I saw you, I knew that you were the man. I was directed to come here from m j home; but I told the people before I left that I should bring them back news that would astonish them and the world. Yes­terday I got on to the cars to leave this place, but I waa pulled off by a power which I could not resist, and so I had to remain here till to-day. I now understand why i t waa done, and for what purpose I was sent here; you need money to publish this new Bible, and I have it for you.”

I confess that I was greatly surprised at the statement o f this entire stranger. A t the same time I was greatly rejoiced to be thus convinced that my guardians from the spheres o f the immortal world were aiding me in my work, and had lit­erally fulfilled the promise which they had made to me. I was not even under the necessity of asking for money.

From Lee, I proceeded directly to New York to make the necessary arrangements for publishing the work. Here another surprise awaited me. After reaching the city, I was impressed to call on the Rev. Dr. J . B. Dods. I found him at his office in Broadway. I told him that I had come to New York to get some printing done. On his inquiring what I was going to print, I informed him that it was the Gospel of Jesus whidi had been found in the catacombs of Rome. H# turned pale and said : “ I t is fulfilled. * My visions never deceive m e ! Fourteen years ago, I had a vision in which an immortal came to'tne and told me that the religious world was in a great er ̂ror concerning the religion and the doetrihes of Jesus, and that in a time when great, knowledge and light were prevail­ing, and when men’s souls were generally stirred on religious matters, Gibson Smith would introduce to the world the true Gospel of Jesus. I wrote down this vision at the time I saw it, (fourteen years since) and have it now in my possession.”

He saw many other things in this vision. He saw too, aa he informed me, that I should be greatly persecuted for pub­lishing this Gospel. Of this, there can be no doubt. Indeed, three years before I had any knowledge of the writings which I have just published, I was forewarned in a dream or vision, that sectarian bigotry and persecution would be raised against me. B u t I then supposed that if anything of the kind.took place it would be on account of my belief and advocacy o f the spiritual and harmonial philosophy. Y et I had advocated the principles of this philosophy for many years previous to my vision. And I asked myself how any new persecution could arise against me on account of this.

The following was what I saw in my vision :— I waa trav­eling in a straight path through a beautiful valley. A short distance ahead, by the side of the path, I saw a large black log. I t had been burnt so that the surface was charred. Behind this log stood a man in black clothing, having on a white cravat. From his appearance, I knew him to be a clergyman. W hen I came near him I stopped, folded my arms over my breast, and observed him. He had in his hands a pair of old flint-lock pistols. He was picking the flints. Soon he laid them down behind the black log, and when he rose up again he had in his hand a long sword, which he drew out o f the scabbard, throwing the latter away. The sword was very old and maty, and attempts had been made to brighten it. H e can* <mt

from behind the log into the path before me, and approached with the sword pointed at my breast. I had no fear I did not move, for I knew he could not harm me. When he got Sufficiently. near, he made a thrust at me. As the sword touched my clothing, it bent into the shape of a pruniog- hook. So it remained. The man seemed to be greatly sur­prised. He tried to straighten the weapon, but did not suc­ceed. He then threw it away, and went and took up his pis­tols. These he snapped at me several times, but the flints emitted not a spark of fire. His countenance now became much distorted with rage and disappointment, and there was seen bunches of foam at each angle' of his mouth. He flung his pistols far from him, and came up to grapple with me. As he approached me, I unfolded my arms and taking him by his wrists, I crossed his arms and held him so firmly that he could not even move. X then said .to him : “ You see it' is vain for you to fight against this power. Your fire-arms are useless, and your sword has become a pruning-hook. Were it necessa­ry every bone in your body could be crushed. But this new Gospel comes to bless, and not to injure even the meanest creature.. And the blessing is for you, if you will receive it.” I released him from my grasp,. and he ran with great speed till he disappeared from my sight.' The fallowing extract from a notice of the “ Gospel of J e ­sus,” by an editor and clergyman will show that the vision is beginning to be fulfilled :

“ A n o t h e r G o s p e l .— W e h ay e p u b lish ed in a n o th e r co lum n a n ad ­v e r tise m e n t o f a new book, called th e Gospel o f Je su s . W e hav e read considerab le o f th is book, a n d believe i t to be sim p ly an imposition. W e th e re fo re cau tio n th e publio a g a in s t i t . ”

I t may surprise the reader when he is informed that the •writer of the above and myself are members in full fellow­ship of the same religious denomination—this membership on my part, being of thirty years’ standing. And yet, forsooth, he has just discovered by reading the beautiful Gospel of Je- b u b , that I am an impostor and deceiver !

But if the reader would see a specimen of. low wit and crit­icism upon me and the book I have published, let him examine the article of an individual who calls his name Dr. Weisse, in the last Saturday’s Spiritual Telegraph. This man professes to be a Spiritualist and Harmonialist, aud yet his language does not afford any evidence of his being either spiritual or harmonious in his nature. The truly harmonious mind is always chaste and dignified in its expressions. I t countenances nothing that is low, nor will it employ any language which will ■wound the feelings of others.

When I read this article, I did not think of ever taking any notice of i t ; but since it has been referred to in this communi­cation, I will barely glance at one or two things which it con­tains, and then dismiss it.

The writer in the Telegraph has a laugh over the words “ Clergy,” “ Globe," etc., and asks, “ Who ever heard of such words being used in the time of Christ?” I may not quote his exact words, for I have not the paper containing them be­fore me while I am writing. The Latin word for priest, is “ sacerdotis,” and is properly translated clergyman. Hence ■we have in Latin the phrase, “ ordo sacer”— literally, “ the clergy.”

The Latin word “ sphara,” is properly rendered globe. I t simply means a globe or round body. This word was ap­plied to the heavenly bodies in the times of Christ. Indeed a knowledge that the heavenly bodies were spheres or globes, ex­isted among philosophers many hundreds of years before the birth of Christ. This fact is known to every educated man.

I have not introduced this spiritual experience with any de­sign of authenticating the “ Gospel of Jesus” by such evidence. Yet it goes to show that pure, immortal beings are not unin­terested in that work. The book must stand (for stand it ivill) npon its own merits and the evidence of its antiquity. But as to myself, individually, I must confess that the testimony of pure, immortal beings from the heavenly spheres, has great weight upon my mind, and aids in convincing me of the gen­uineness of this gospel. For the last three years I have been constantly in a state where I take upon myself the physical ailments of all unhealthy persons whom I meet. As soon as I come within their spheres, I feel immediately all their aches and pains, and in precisely the same localities. I f they use narcotics I taste the same almost instantly, and experience in my own system, for the time being, the poisonous effects which are produced by these articles in their systems. I am still more sensitive to all moral and sjyritual influences, so that I feel and know the spheres of all persons whom I meet, whether they are clothed in the mortal body, or whether they come from the land of souls. The spheres of good men seem or feel calm, beautiful, and harmonious, and are refreshing to my spiritual nature. But the S p h e re s of the impure feel just the reverse. .

When pure and holy beings from the immortal world ap­proach me, the effect is so transportingly beautiful that I feel as though I had been conveyed away to some heavenly region where .there is no mixture of earthly sentiment nor earthly feeling. I cannot be deceived as to the moral state of those who approach me; because neither men nor spirits can change their interiors for purposes of deception. All men, and all spirits are instantly known from the spheres exhaled from their interiors.

In closing this communication, I would, in this public man­ner, request Dr. J . B. Dods to write out that vision of his, al­luded to above, and send it to the A g e for publication. In doing this, he would gratify me and numerous readers of this paper. , G ib so n S m ith .

So. S h a f t s b u r y , Vt., May 31, 1858.

[W e h a v e before expressed th e opin ion t h a t th e cla im s o f th e w o rk 'above a llu d ed -to , a re n o t su s ta in ed by its in terna l evidences; a n d we Bee no reason as y e t fo r ch an g in g th a t op in ion . N evertheless, th e fac ts as above given b y M r. S m ith , a re cu rio u s as in d ica tin g th a t a n in te re s t is felt in th e w ork on th e p a r t o f some den izens o f th e sp ir i tu a l w o rld . "We confess to Btrong d o u b ts , how ever, as to w h e th e r th e “ P e te r” who com m unicates to friend S m ith , is th e r e a l S im on P u re . W e re p e a t, th a t M r. S m ith owes i t to h im se lf a n d to h is p u b lish e rs to g ive to th e w orld th e evidence, if an y ca n be g iv e n , th a t th is “ G ospel” w as found a t Rom e, as alleged. So s tro n g a re th e m a rk s o f a m o d ern in ­v en tio n w hich i t b ears , th a t he o u g h t n o t to r isk h is r e p u ta tio n on an ■unsupported assertion. E ven if th u s found , th e qu estio n o f its a n tiq u i­ty a n d a u th en tic ity w ould y e t rem a in to be decided ; a n d on these , we c a n n o t su r re n d e r o u r ju d g m en t from in te rn a l evidence to th e opin ion ■or testim ony o f an y sp ir it in or ou t o f th e body.— a . e . s . ] .

T h e R e l i g i o n o f A r t . —Never is Piety -more unwise than when she casts Beauty out of the c h u rc h , and by this e x c o m ­

munication forces her fairest sister to become profane. I t is the duty of religion not to eject, but to cherish and seek fel­lowship with every beautiful exhibition which delights, and every delicate art which embellishes human life. So, on the other hand, it is the duty of A rt not to waste its high capabil­ities in the imitation of what is trivial, and in the curious adornment of what has only a finite significance. The highest art is always the most religious; and the greatest artist is al­ways a dovout man.—J. S. Blackie.

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SA TU RD AY , JU^E 1 9, 1858 .

T E L E G R A P H IC SY STEM O F T H E U N IV E R S E .We recently made some brief quotations from the writings

of that distinguished teacher of physical science, President Hitchcock, of Amherst College, corroborative of the truth of Spiritualism on the basis of natural science. W e have thought some fuller extracts from the same source would interest and instruct our readers. We copy from his lecture on “ TheTel­egraphic System of the Universe,” which forms the twelfth chapter of his work on “ The Religion of Geology.”

We have seen this theory of Dr. Hitchcock’s cited by super­ficial opponents of Spiritualism, in order to explain away its facts; but we think we shall have little difficulty in showing to any intelligent mind that its bearing is clearly and positive­ly in favor of spirit-intercourse.

The President commences by affirming that“ T he d iscoveries o f M odern Science show t h a t th e re is a l i te ra l

. sense in w h ich th e m a te r ia l c rea tio n receives a n im pression from a ll o u r w o rd s a n d a c tio n s .”

“ O ur words, our actions, and even o u r t h o u g h t s , make an indeli­ble impression on the universe. T h ro w n in to a poetic fo rm , th is p r in ­cip le c o n v e rts c rea tio n

In to a v a s t so u n d in g -g a lle ry ;In to a v as t p ic tu re -g a lle ry ;A n d in to a u n iv e rs a l te le g ra p h .”

He argues this, first, from the principle of mechanical reac­tion, from Which Prof. Babbage has deduced the conviction that “ the air is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said pr woman ever whispered;” secondly from the reaction o f light and the substances on which it impinges; thirdly, from electrical reactions, which make it certain that “ an electrical influence is excited and propagated by almost every muscular effort, every chemical change within us, every variation in the state of health, or vigor, and especially by every mental effort.” On this point he says:

“ T he s tro n g e r th e em otion , th e g re a te r th c c h a n g e ; so th a t these g re a t m en ta l efforts, a n d those g re a t decisions o f th e w ill, w h ich b rin g a lo n g im p o rta n t m o ra l effects, do also m ak e th e s tro n g e s t im pression u po n th e m a te r ia l u n iv e rse . W e c a n n o t say how w idely , by m ean s of e lec tric force , th ey re a c h ; b u t i f so su b tile a pow er does, as w e have reason to suppose , p e rm ea te a l l space, an d a ll solid m a tte r , there may be no spot in ihe whole universe where the knowledge o f our most se­cret thoughts and purposes, as well as our most t r iv ia l outward act, m ay n o t be tra n sm itte d on th e lig h tn in g ’s w in g ; a n d i t m ay be th a t , o u t o f th is d a rk en ed w orld m ay n o t be found an y sp o t w here beings do n o t ex is t w ith sensib ilitie s keen enough lo learn , through electric c h a n g c s , w h a t m e a r c d o i n g a n d t h i n k i n g . * *

A g a i n :

“ I t seem s to u s a m arv e llo u s d iscovery , w h ich enab les m an to con­vey a n d re g is te r h is th o u g h ts a t th e d is tan c e o f th o u sa n d s o f m iles by th e e lec tric w ires. S hould i t excite a n y h ig h e r w onder to be to ld , th a t , b y m eans o f th is sam e pow er, all our thoughts arc transmitted to every p a r t o f the universe, a n d can be read there by the acuter perceptions o f other beings, a s eas ily as w e c a n re a d th e ty p es o r h ie ro g ly p h ic s of th e e lec tric te le g ra p h ? Y et w h a t a s ta r t l in g th o u g h t is i t , th a t th e m o st se c re t w o rk in g s o f o u r m inds a n d h e a r ts a re m o m en ta rily sp read o u t in leg ib le c h a ra c te rs ov er th e w hole m a te r ia l u n iv erse ! . . . To be­lieve a n d realize th is is d ifficu lt; to d en y i t is to go in the f a c e o f phys­ical science. How m an y th in g s we do believo th a t a re su s ta in ed by ev idence fa r less su b s ta n tia l!”

After deducing a similar result from odylic reaction, from chemical reaction, and organic reaction, President Hitchcock proceeds to speak thus of -mental reaction :

“ Since m a n in a fu tu re [ s p ir i tu a l] w orld is to assum e a sp ir itu a l body , w e m ay reaso n a b ly suppose th a t a ll c re a te d beings a re in some w ay connected w ith m a tte r ; a n d , therefo re , by m eans o f m ate ria lism , th ro u g h th e su b tile agencies th a t w e h av e n am ed , we m ay be su re th a t a n influence goes o u t fro m every th o u g h t a n d vo lition o f o u rs , an d reaches ev ery o th e r in te lle c t in th e w ide c rea tio n . I know n o t w h eth er, in o th e r w o rld s , th e ir in h a b ita n ts possess sensibilities acute enough to be conscious o f th is in fluence; c e r ta in ly , in th is w o rld , i t is on ly to a lim ited e s te n t th a t m en a re conscious o f it. Yet, we must admit that it exists ahd acts, or deny the demonstrated verities o f scicnce.”

He here cites the familiar facts of somnambulism and mes­merism, as “ proving thc action of mind upon mind, indepen­dently of bodily organization,” unless we reject “ evidence which would prove anything else,” and asks:

“ N ow i f w e a d m it t h a t m in d does opera te u p o n o th e r m in d s , w hile w e a re in th e body , in d ep en d en t o f th e bod y , can w e te ll how fa r th e influence ex ten d s? . . . I t o u g h t to m ak e u s feel th a t o u r lig h te s t th o u g h ts a n d feeblest volitions m ay re a c h th e o u te r l im it o f in te lle c tu a l life .”

Once m ore:“ I f th is suggestion be t r u e , th e n m ay w e in d u lg e th e th o u g h t as

h ig h ly p ro b ab le , th a t o u r frien d s , w ho h av e gone before u s in to th e e te rn a l w o rld , m ay be as fam ilia r w ith o u r co n d u c t, o u r w ords, an d even o u r th o u g h ts , as w e a re ou rse lv es .”

Now if all this be correct,— and we believe no well-informed person will pretend to question the general principles (though we think the President misapprehends somewhat the details),— is not the converse of it equally true ? I f the actions of our minds can be and are transmitted to disembodied minds, what is to hinder their thoughts from being transmitted to us by the s a m e instrumentality ? I f I can send a message to New York or across the Atlantic by the telegraph wires, cannot my friend there send one back to me by the same m eaH S ? Nay more, if Pres’t Hitchcock’s telegraphic theory be true, spirit-intercourse m u st be tru e! I t cannot be avoided. For minds cannot think without affecting more or less all other minds in the universe ! (at least, all on the same plane.) ^ Escape this if you can ! We are constantly in intercourse with the spiritual world,—with the whole boundless realm of mind,—whether we will or no, and whether we know it or n o t! And this explains where our thoughts come from, and whence arise those emotions which we can trace to no external cause.

“ But we are not conscious of this intercourse !” True, most of us are n o t ; and Pres’t Hitchcock suggests the reason why. I t is because our sensibilities are not acute enough. There are, however, those among us who possess sensibilities far more acute than the mass— as may be proved by most incontro­vertible tests— and these persons are conscicas of such influ­ences from, and interchanges of thought with, the disembodied. Theso are our mediums o f the higher or imprcssional class.

W e will not do President Hitchcock the injustice to suppose him so obtuse as not to see that this “ Telegraphic System of the Universe” leads inevitably to Spiritualism. W e think he is fully aware t>f this fact,— though we know not tha t he has made any more explicit avowal on the subject than those above quoted. B u t the fact that, instead of discountenancing, he has encouraged and recommended the investigation of the modern phenomena among the students of the Institution over which he has presided, is not without significance. a . e . n .

ST U M B L IN G O V ER SM ALL ST O N E S.SCIENCE A BLIND GUIDE.

The value of Clairvoyance as an aid to the distinct percep­tion and successful treatment of disease is every day demon­strated, and in numerous cases ordinary science is little better than a blind guide without it. The great noise and the pro­longed spasms tha t occur over a single mistake, seem to war­ran t tbe inference tha t mistakes in this mode of "treatment occur but seldom. Whenever Mrs. M ettler, or some other cel­ebrated Clairvoyant Physician, makes • a failure (infallibility does not belong to mortals,)—if it be only one in one thousand cases— those doctors who are liable to go into fits—probably for want of something else to do—caution the people against “ popular delusions,” and all the penny trumpets of the Press sound the alarm. Thus the foolish people who desire to “ give up the ghost” according to the most approved scientific meth­ods, are politely admonished that they may do so, without any interference from quacks who thw art “ the ways of Provi­dence” by keeping people in this world, who would otherwise die in peace and in a respectable manuer.

Among the physicians in the vicinity of New York who em­ploy Clairvoyance as an indispensable auxiliary in the treat­ment of the sick, Mrs. Tufts, of Jersey City, has long been justly celebrated, and her rooms are daily thronged by anxious visitors who come to be healed. B u t there are others, and special attention now appears to be directed to the claims of D r. Dorman and his wife, Mrs. C. E. Dorman, 361 Broad street, Newark, N. J . Mrs. D. is one of the oldest Clairvoy­ant Physicians in the United States. The writer has recently been called to observe the results of her treatment in several remarkable cases, in which her skill and success have rather eclipsed the scientific lights of Allopathy.

M rs .-------, who had long been the victim of a very painfuldisease, recently applied to Mrs. Dorman for the relief which she had sought in vain from the Faculty. I t appears tha t her physicians had wholly misapprehended the nature of her dis­ease. O f course the remedial agents they employed were not adapted to her case, and, as a necessary consequence, the pro­fessional course of treatment had been totally ineffectual. Mrs. Dorman, on being entranced, informed the lady that she was suffering from biliary calculus; that the concretions, which were forming in the gall-bladder and the hepatic duct, were numerous, and th a t they roust be removed before she could find relief. The remedies prescribed by Mrs. D. pro­duced remarkable results, which a t once verified the correct­ness of her diagnosis, and demonstrated the ability ot those old school doctors to 7?i£sinterpret the diagnostic signs or phe­nomenal appearances of disease. A large number of stones— some of them of an unusual size—have already been dislodged and expelled by the potent action of her remedies, aud the patient is now encouraged with the flattering prospect of a speedy recovery. Though the writer is not authorized to re­cord the patient’s name in this connection, yet Mrs. Dorman is permitted to refer to Dr. S. S. L y o n , No. 2 Prospect Place, Newark, for a proper authentication of the facts in this partic­ular case, as well as for the general success of her treatment.

Tho writer has likewise witnessed the results of Mrs. D or­man’s treatm ent in the critical case of a very dear child— a daughter some fifteen years of age. She was presumed by several physicians and others to be in a rapid and almost hope­less decline. L ast summer she suddenly withered like a frail plant beneath the scorching rays of the sun. She continued to fail, and for several months was confined to her bed. When the autumn came our frail hopes of continued life on earth perished with the flowers. A t length, however, under the treatment of Mrs. M ettler and Mrs. Tufts, her disease was ar­rested and hope revived. Subsequently, the Doctor and Mrs. Dorman being boarders in the same house with the writer and his family, the little invalid —for the sake of convenience— was placed in their hands, after which she still continued to improve. Some time since she took cold and experienced a relapse, and a return of the most alarming symptoms; but thanks to Providence and Mrs. D ., she is now rapidly recover­ing, and the delicate -bloom of the rose begins to prophesy on | the pale cheek of returning health and renewed powers ofj life. s. b . B . I

R O B E R T O W E N .This venerable\philanthropist celebrated his eighty-eighth

birth-day on the 14th of May, by holding a public meeting at St. Martins’ Hall, London. H e continues as faithfully as ever to devote every energy of body and mind to efforts for the spiritual, moral and political disenthrallment of humanity. For nearly three-quarters of a century has he persevered in active labors, never dismayed by failure in his schemes, nor cast down by the persecution which has met him at every step in his onward course. His faith in the ultimate triumph of humanitary principles was much strengthened by his conver­sion, a few years since, to a belief in spirit-ministration. He is firm in the conviction that the minds in a higher life are working with him, and he with them, for the inauguration of the Mil­lennial Era upon earth. And though his labors in the mortal form are soon to cease, yet he looks forward undoubtingly to the time when, with his heart renewed and powers re-ener­gized, he will join with the philanthropic spirits of the spheres in more intimate efforts for the same great end.

The following remarks from the Boston Investigator, aro eminently ju s t : x.

“ W h a t a lesson m ay be le a rn t from th e life o f th is b enevo len t, p e r­sev erin g a n d d is tin g u ish ed p h ila n th ro p is t! W e h a rd ly know w here to look, in th e h is to ry o f th e race , for th e ex am p le o f a m a n w ho h a s so d isin te res te d ly devo ted as m u ch tim e , effort, a n d p ro p e rty , as R o b e r t

O w e n , to w h a t he conceived w ould ad v an ce th e h ap p in ess o f h is fellow- m en. H is nam e m ay n e v e r be p o p u la r , how ever; b u t he w ill a lw ays be reg a rd ed b y ev e ry t r u e friend of h u m a n ity as one o f th e best of those m o ra l heroes who have ‘ fough t th e good f ig h t’ o f re liev in g th e m in d s o f m en from th e yoke w h ich ig n o ran ce , su p e rs titio n a n d p re ju ­dice h av e im posed u p o n th e m .”

S. B. B r i t t a n ’s M o v e m e n ts .— S. B . Brittan lectured on Sunday, 6th inst., in Music Hall, Springfield; on Monday and Tuesday evenings following, at Belcher town— to crowded audi­ences ; the next two evenings at West Sutton; on Sunday last at Wiilimantic, Ct.'; and intends to speak in Taunton, Mass., next Sunday, 20th inst. I t is his present expectation also, to be present and take part in the proceedings at the Convention in Rutland.

F A C T S FR O M F L O R E N C E .Mr. James Jackson Jarves, the distinguished author of “A rt

Hints,” “ Confessions of an Inquirer,” etc., now; residing in Florence, Italy, in a letter just received, favors us with some facts which we present below in his own words :

The following fact related to me by a friend who was one of the parties, will interest you. I t ocourred in this city. A friend of the gentleman referred to was ill with thesmall-pox,and his doors closed by the order of his physicians; and, a t his own request, to all persons that might.be endangered by visiting him ; and particularly to my relatofpon account of his family of young children. One day, however, the latter was strongly impressed to visit him, and, setting aside caution, went. While on his way,—as was told him afterwards,— the sick man turned to his attendant, and said M. (as we will call him) is a t the door; go and let him in. The attendant said it was impos­sible— no one was there, nor would any one be allowed to enter.

“ But,” said the sick man, “ I see him—he is coming here.”

Immediately M. did arrive, and making known his errand, was admitted.

“ Ah,” says his dying friend, “ I saw you coming. I have much to say to you.” •

He then went on to speak in a lucid manner of his affairs, giving his last directions, etc., when suddenly stopping, he ex­claimed,

“ How is it, M. you do not salute my mother ?—it is very uncivil of you.”

“ Your mother,” replied M., who thought he was becoming deranged, “ is not here.- She has been dead, you know, for twelve years.”

“ I tell you she is here with us,” said the sick man— “strange that you do not see her standing by my side, with her hand on my forehead— and what a delicious odor she brings with her— how very, beautiful she looks !” •

Then breaking off, he returned to his conversation on his af­fairs until his friend left— and died a few hours later.

He was an atheist, and my friend had had no experience in the phenomena of Spiritualism; but he told me, that although he supposed tbe mind of the dying man was wandering, yet the natural and positive manner in which he referred to his mother and his apparent want of politeness in not paying his respects to her, struck him as very singular, and have since led him to connect it with the disclosures which Spiritualism is daily making of the intimate relations between this world and the future.

A t a recent circle in this city, a skeptical physician unex pectedly entered on a visit, and seeing what the family were about, asked permission, for the fun of the thing, to sit with them. The phenomena soon began, and were directed towards him.

“ Who is it wants me ?” he asked.The medium’s hand (a titled lady of great refinement and

distinction in society,) was made to write,“ One of your patients whom you killed—d a m n you!”Imagine the confusion of both parties. The Dr. disap­

peared, and has made no further attempts at a funny investi­gation of Spiritualism ; and the mortification of the lady has scarcely abated yet.

S p iritu a lism am ong th e O dd F ellow s.A few days since the funeral of a highly respected member

of the order of Odd Fellows was attended at Portsmouth, N. H., by the members of the Fraternity in that vicinity. As a part of the ceremonies of the occasion an original hymn was sung, the closing verses of which we transcribe below. The scene was serenely impressive where three hundred voices uni­ted to give utterance to sentiments like these, as they placed the melancholy evergreen over the form once tenanted by the soul they loved :

“ B ro th e r , from th y h eav en ly r e s t ,E ro m th y hom e am id th e b le s t,Come in an g e l gu ise to cheer Those w ho Borrow for thee here .

“ F ro m th a t r a d ia n t ‘ L odge on H ig h ’C om es to u s th is g la d re p ly :M o u rn n o t , for th e p a th h e ’s tro d O ne deg ree is n e a re r G od .”

F re e Speech.W e notice in an exchange an excellent article on Free

Speech, credited to the World's Paper, which contains some good hints in reference to speaking at Conventions. The fol­lowing is an ex tract:— ‘

“ I hav e seen a n au d ien ce in w h a t w as te rm ed a free conven tion c ru e lly bored from one to two h o u rs b y som e supe rfic ia l, loquacious p e r­son th a t n ev e r w as fo rtu n a te en o u g h to please a n y one as w ell a s h im ­self, a n d w ho w as co n s ta n tly u rg in g th e u tili ty a n d b e a u ty o f free speech. H ow v e ry in co n sis ten t! N o freedom for a n y one b u t h is ow n pom pous se lf to r a t t le th e w hole tim e , w hen ju s tic e w ou ld a llo t to h im n o t m ore th a n five m in u tes. W h a t is th e d ifference, w h e th e r I speak one h o u r th ro u g h th e pow er o f a c h a irm a n a n d a u th o r i ta tiv e ru le s , o r g ra sp th e lib e r ty an d len ity o f a w ou ld -b e free m ee tin g a n d m onopolize th e w hole tim e , w ith o u t se t ru le s? I have no c la im to such a le n g th o f tim e . I t belongs to five h u n d re d eq u a l in a ll r ig h ts an d p riv ileg es to m yse lf.

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“ T he fact is , w e h a v e n o t a r r iv e d a t a ju s t a p p re c ia tio n o f e q u ity in free speech in conferences a n d conventions. E v e ry person shou ld con­s id e r how sh o r t a p o rtio n o f tim e belongs to h im or h e r , a n d h av e th e ir t r u th s so w ell a d ju s te d th a t b u t a few m in u tes w ould be needed to p re sen t th e m ; th u s a ll could h av e an o p p o rtu n ity . Som e m in d s say m ore in tw o m in u te s th a n o th e rs in a n h o u r .” -

Specch-makers at the Rutland Convention, please take no­tice ! These are times of steam and lightning. Pack your thoughts. Be sure you have something to say ; load before­hand, keep your powder dry, and when your turn comes, dorft hang fire. x.

To O u r F r i e n d s a t t h e C o n v e n t io n .— One or more of the Editors of this paper will be in attendance at the Rutland Convention, where, next to exchanging sympathies with the many kind friends that have greeted us on former occasions, we shall do nothing more cheerfully than to enroll a goodly number of names on our subscription list. We feel sure that if our friends had purses as large as their hearts, we should not wait long to see the A g e placed where they, as well as ourselves, desire to see it— in a self-supporting position. But each one can do a little ; and the coming occasion will be an excellent One to join forces and give “ a pull all together.”

P a r t i a l i t y R e b u k e d .—The following story is current in Virginia : The Baptists were baptizing some converts ; theyfinished by baptizing an old negro (a slave).’ The parson, not thinking as much of his soul as of the white portion of his converts, let him drop, and made his own way to the shore. The negro, blowing and puffing, reached the shore, and sitting on a stump, remarked, that “ some gentleman’s nigger would get drownded by sich foolishness, yet.”

N E W PU B L IC A T IO N S.H t m k s or S p i r i t u a l D e v o t i o n .— By Thomaa L. Harris. P art IL New

York: New Church Publishing Association, 447 Broome street.

This volume is a continuation of the devotional lyrics, ihe first part of which was published last year. Like the former, it consists of inspirational utterances from the Spiritual world, in many cases from individual spirits; and embraces many very fine and beautiful contributions to the religions poetry of the present era. Some-of the hymns are of course Btrong* ly imbued with the peculiar theology of which Mr.Harris is the exponent; but with a sufficiently liberal interpretation they will prove generally acceptable to those Spiritualists whose re­ligious natures have been deeply aroused. The two parts may be had separately, or in one volume. Sold in Boeton by Bela Marsh.

The H e r a l d o f L i g h t , for June 1858— T. L. Harris, Edi­tor—has the following table of contents :

The children of Hymen; The House I live in; The Shepherd’s Choice; A Summer Song; Growing Old; Young Love in Old Age; A Picture; Marriage and Divorce; the Five-Fold Order of the Heavens; Soul-Lies; A New Poem from the Heavens; Scotland’s Guardian Angel; Arcana o f Christianity; Athanasia, or Fore-Gleams of Immortality.

The lovers of glowing, intense, nervous, poetic writing will find much in this magazine to admire, whatever they may tHinV of its distinctive theological teachings. The article in this number on “ The Five-Fold Order of the Heavens,” being an extract from the forthcoming volume entitled “ The Arcana o f Christianity,” is a remarkably lucid, poetico-philosophical expo­sition of the wonders of the Inner World, aB presented to the illuminated vision of Mr. Harris, and contained, as ho affirms, in the “celestial sense” of a passage in the first chapter of Gen­esis. We have not room to speak of other articles.

T i f f a n y ’s M o n t h l y . — The June number of this Magazine has appeared, and the publisher expresses a determination to issue it regularly hereafter until the fourth volume is complete. The following are the contents :

A ngels th e S p ir its o f H u m a n B e in g s ; O u r A n sw e r; P r a y e r ; Pictures a n d P eop le ; T he D y in g M om ents o f R ev. D . A . T y n g ; The Rights o f W om an; A sp ira tio n ; S p ir i tu a l P h enom ena.

The first article is an able exposition of the Angelology o f the Bible, showing conclusively that the basis-fact o f modem Spiritualism is recognized throughout that ancient book. In the second article, Mr. Tiffany replies to the rumor that he has “ renounced Spiritualism ;” also, in some measure to the ex­ceptions which we and others have taken to one of his previous articles. We intend in a week or two to lay the whole before our readers, and therefore defer comments for the present.

S riitiT U A L T r a c t s . P u b lish e d b y S . T . M u n so n , No. 5 Great Joness tre e t, N ew Y ork .

We have often heard the want expressed of some cheap publications suitable to be scattered broad-cast over the land, among the thousands of inquirers into the phenomena and phi­losophy of Spiritualism. One good move toward supplying this want is made in the publication of these tracts, written by Judge Edmonds. The series of eight costs but twenty-four cents. The titles are as follows: No. 1, “ An Appeal to thePublic on Spiritualism.” No. 2, “ Bishop Hopkins on Spir­itualism— Reply of Judge Edmonds.” No. 3, “ The News­boy.” No. 4, “ Uncertainty of Spiritual Intercourse.” No.5, “ Certainty of Spiritual Intercourse.” No. 6, “ Speaking in Many Tongues .” No. 7, “ Intercourse with Spirits o f the Living.” No. 8, “ False Prophesying.”

Munson has also sent us “ An Address, vindicating the Right of Woman to the Elective Franchise, delivered at the Woman’s Rights Convention, on Friday evening, May 14th, 1858, by Geo. William Curtis.”

V erm o n t S cenery .The traveller through Vermont sees some rough and ro­

mantic scenery here and there. The mountains are considera­bly up and down. I t is related that a coachman, driving up one, was asked if it was steep on the other side.

“ Steep !” he answered; “ chain-lightning couldn’t go down it without breechin’ on !”

A slightly exaggerated statement, no doubt, but one which, would deter timid people from patronizing that particular route. But, thanks to Yankee enterprise, the valleys have been exalted, the rough places laid low, and a straight path made by rail, so that persons may enjoy a trip to the green hills and a sight of their splendors without the precau­tions formerly indispensable for chain-lightning and stage* horses.

The mountains are now arrayed in all their glory and are showering their vernal smiles on all beholders. To the dusty denizen of the city they extend a most refreshing welcome, and invite him to a kingly banquet of sweet air, garnished with health and beauty. Let us thank our kind friends who coax us away to Conventions, out from the confinement o f heated brick-’walls, to breathe the free air and enjoy the beauties o f mountain scenes. x .

A S to ry w h ich F ew w ill B elieve.The Abbe Dumage, parish priest of Tavaux, in the depart­

ment of the Aisne, has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Semaine du Vermandois :

“ Y ou w ill, I h av e no d o u b t, in te re s t y o u r numerous readers by in­fo rm in g th e m of w h a t I w as a n eye-w itness to a-few days since. I was crossing th e ccm etery o f T a v a u x , w h en m y a tte n tio n was attracted to six y o u n g g ir ls , w ho w ere p roceed ing to a tte n d divine service, and who ra ised th e ir eyes on h ig h , a n d th e n d ire c te d th em to their pastor. I sa id to m yself, these c h ild ren h a d observed a fire ; b u t a rapid glance a t th e n e ig h b o rin g houses convinced m e of my error. I then said, ‘ W h a t a re you look ing a t , c h ild re n ?’ ‘ A cross, Monsieur le Cure,’ th e y rep lied . I in s ta n tly looked u p , and was am azed at what I saw. F lo a tin g in th e d irec tio n o f th e s u n , b u t m u c h h ig h e r ,a cross appeared, ab o u t th i r ty feet lo n g , in a h o rizo n ta l positio n , th e foot to the east, and th e h ead to th e w e s t T he tre e o f th e c ro ss , w h ich was distinctly to be seen, w as w h ite . T he tw o a rm s w ere lik e th e rainbow, o f various col­o rs, b u t to w a rd th e c e n tre th e b lu e ap p e a re d to prevail. It was on F rid a y , th e 1 6 th o f A p ril, ab o u t seven in th e m o rn in g , that my aston­ished eyes co n tem p la ted th is em blem o f o u r sa lv a tio n .”

C o r r e c t i o n .— Mr. Andrew Walker, of Claremont, N. H., writes us that our statements last week respecting the lecture of Prof. Otis at that place were incorrect in some particu­lars.

“ Y o u r in fo rm a n t w as m is tak en in r e g a rd to a n y meeting being d isco n tin u ed on acco u n t o f th e lec tu re . I t is t r u e that there was no m eetin g a t th e U n iv e rsa lis t c h u rc h , ow ing to the absence of the speaker. F u r th e rm o re , th e hou se w as not filled to overflowing, al­th o u g h a goodly n u m b e r w as p re se n t , am o n g w hom were some of our best m inds. T he le c tu re g iv en th ro u g h Prof. Otis seemed to be satis­fac to ry to those w ith w hom I h a v e co n v e rse d .”

As our informant was not a resident of Claremont, he prob­ably misunderstood the facts. The details respecting Prof. Otis’ conversion, etc., we had from his own lips, and presume their accuracy will not be questioned. a . b . n .

Corrcsponbcnct. J ttfo |Jorfi aitb $ ir iiu fg . S p i r i t u a l I J j j t w n m r a .

S p ir itu a lism in P u tn am , Ct.B r o . N ew to n :— A s tro n g in te re s t h a s la te ly been aw akened in o u r

v illag e in r e g a rd to th e t r u th s o f Im m o rta lity . P ro f. B r i t ta n ’s leo­' t a r e s w ill n o t soon be fo rgo tten . H is m as te rly s ty le o f reaso n in g a n d th e overw h elm in g a r ra y o f fac ts w hich he b rin g s fo rw ard to su s ta in h is a rg u m e n ts , p roduced a s tro n g effect upon th e m in d s o f a l l w ho lis­te n e d to h im . W e freq u e n tly h e a r d iscourses from D r. Geo. A tk in s , o f W e b s te r, w ho is well know n as a n excellen t t ra n c e a n d h e a lin g m e­d iu m .

W ith in th e la s t few day s severa l s ta r t l in g tes ts h a v e o c c u rre d , w hich h a v e caused q u ite a n excitem ent am o n g o u r citizens. L a s t S u n d a y , i t w as announced a f te r B ro . A tk in s ’ d iscourse t h a t a le c tu re w a s ex ­pected th ro u g h th e o rg an ism o f M rs. J . W . C u r r ie r , o f L ow ell, w ho cam e to o u r tow n a few d ay s since a n e n tire s t r a n g e r . A ccord ing ly q u ite a la rg e aud ience assem bled a t th e h a ll a t th e tim e appo in ted . The lad y w as e n tra n c e d , a n d a t th e re q u e s t o f th e co n tro llin g sp ir i t , a sub jec t w as p roposed for e lucidation . A fte r th e in te lligence h ad spo­ken for some tim e , th e le c tu re w as in te r ru p te d b y a s tra n g e e v en t. A new influence sie ie d th e m ed iu m , w h ich p u rp o rte d to be from th e sp ir i t o f a n o ld a n d v e ry p ro m in e n t m a n , w ho passed aw a y from th e ea rth -life se v e ra l y e a rs since. H e gave h is n am e, a n d also th e nam es o f a t le a s t seven o r e ig h t o f h is re la tiv e s , som e y e t in th e form a n d o th e rs in tb e sp ir i t- la n d . H e spoke o f ev en ts th a t h a d tr a n sp ire d in h is ea rth -life , a n d delin ea ted c e r ta in p ecu lia rities o f c h a ra c te r w hich he possessed, in a m a n n e r th a t filled a ll p re se n t who h a d know n h im w ith am azem ent. S evera l questio n s w ere add ressed to th e sp ir it o f o u r old honored n e ig h b o r, b y persons p re se n t, w hich w ere answ ered tru th fu lly . A lto g e th e r, i t w as a m ost s t r ik in g a n d e x tra o rd in a ry m an ifesta tio n , an d p roduced a g r e a t sensation .

M any rem ark a b le p r iv a te te s ts h av e been g iv en d u r in g th e tim e th a t M rs. C. h a s been h e re , one o f w h ich I w ill m ention . A t th e tim e re ­ferred to above, M rs. C u rr ie r s ta te d to h e r h u sb a n d .-that sh e saw a sp ir it s ta n d in g n e a r o u r to w n sm an , M r. Capw ell. T he sp ir i t gave th e nam e of M a rg a re t B lackw ell. M r. C apw ell d id n o t know of a n y such p e rso n ;- th u s no l ig h t w as th ro w n up o n th e sub ject a t th e tim e. A d ay o r two a f te rw a rd s M rs . C. w as a t M r. C ap w ell’s house for a p r iv a te se­an ce , w hen th e sam e n am e w as spelled o u t b y m eans o f th e ra p s . M rs. C apw ell w as confident th a t th e s p ir i t h a d been a fo rm er f rien d a n d a s­sociate o f h e rs , b u t th o u g h t th e la s t sy llab le o f th e n a m e w as w rong. S he believed i t sh ou ld hav e been g iv en B lack m ere o r B la c k m a r. B u t th e s p ir i t p e rsis ted in g iv ing B lackw ell. A s th e la d y h a d th e a u to ­g ra p h o f h e r f rie n d , she b ro u g h t i t fo rw ard a t once to en d th e d isp u te , w h en lo! i t re a d B lackw ell. T h is seem s a good te s t, a s th e m edium firs t saw th e B pirit s ta n d in g by M r. C apw ell, who w as ig n o ra n t th a t su c h a n one h a d ev er ex isted . S ev e ra l o f o u r sh rew d a n d sh a rp -s ig h t­ed skep tica l c itizens have h a d th e ir p h ilo sophy sh a k en by w itnessing th e m oving o f ponderab le bodies w ith o u t p h y sic a l c o n tac t, in th e ir ow n houses. M rs . C u rr ie r be ing p re se n t an d w atched w ith th e closest sc ru tin y in a w ell-ligh ted room , ra p s a re h e a rd in a l l p a r ts o f th e room , n am es o f d e p a r te d frien d s a re spe lled o u t c o rre c tly , a n d m essa­ges g iv en o f love a n d frien d sh ip fo r th o se in th e circle . ’

AU who a re d es irous o f in v e s tig a tin g S p iritu a lism w ill d o w ell to w itness m an ifesta tio n s th ro u g h M rs . C . ’s m ed iu m sh ip , w h en ev e r a n o p p o rtu n ity occurs. She is a su p e rio r tran ce sp e ak e r a n d excellen t m ed iu m . Y o u rs fo r T ru th a n d P ro g ress , L u c i a n C a e i 'E . \ t k r .

C h i c a g o , 111.From a letter dated May 20tb, we make the following ex­

tract r e l a t i D g to the good cause in Chicago:O u r m eetings a t th e M etropo litan H a ll, a re in c re a s in g in in te re s t.

E v e ry S ab b a th b r in g s fo rth som eth ing new a n d e lev a tin g . W hen th e re a re no le c tu re rs from ab ro ad , we h av e th e p leasu re o f lis ten in g to profit­ab le d iscourses from b ro th e rs a t hom e. T here a re tw o gen tlem en pos­sessed o f fine an d cu ltiv a te d ta le n ts , w ho ta k e tu r n s in ad d ress in g us, w h en th e p lace w ou ld o therw ise be v a c a n t. F o r th is w e a re t ru ly th a n k fu l.

B u t th e m eeting o f m u tu a l im p ro v em en t is th e afte rn o o n C onference. I t w as opened la s t S a b b a th b y th e re a d in g o f a p o rtio n o f th e d iscus­sion betw een D r.H an so n a n d S .B .B r it ta n . M uch in te re s t w as m anifested. T h is w as done fo r th e p a r t ic u la r benefit o f those w ho m ig h t n o t be able to o b ta in tb e p a m p h le t, to re a d for them selves. A d iscussion follow ed, in w h ich m a n y ed ify ing th o u g h ts w ere elicited.

T h is p leas in g a n d in s tru c tiv e co n tro v e rsy u su a lly co n tin u es from tw o to th re e h o u rs , in te r ru p te d by m usic from th e H ig g in s b ro th e rs a n d s is te r , w h ich is (a s th e th e h a rm o n y lo v in g coun tenances deno te) an ap p rec ia ted offering. .

H e re w e m eet m en from v ario u s sec ts, w ho a re b e g in n in g to feel th e w a n t o f a p ra c tic a l an d p rog ressive re lig io n ; b e s t o f a ll, h e re w om an is in v ited to speak in sp ite o f th e old bach e lo r’s in jun c tio n (S t .P a u l) a n d i t is a fine place to p rac tice , since w e h av e th e en co u rag em en t o f so m a n y gen ero u s a n d ju s tice -lo v in g b ro th e rs— we w ho h av e been c ru sh ed by fea r , a n d every noble se n tim en t su p pressed , because o f th e com m and th a t “ woman shou ld keep silence .” B u t th e “ good tim e ” is com ing , y e a - is now daw n in g upon u s , an d freed sp ir i ts rejo ice w ith u s th e re in .

J5 as ton nub iic in itjj .M elodeon M eetings.

M rs. C o r a H a t c h occupied th e d esk a t th e M elodeon on S u n d ay forenoon la s t, sp e ak in g on th e “ D ifference betw een T ru th s a n d F a c ts .” S he E » id th e re is no su c h th in g a s in te lle c tu a l t r u t h ; th e in te llec t know s on ly fac ts . A ll th a t is o r c a n b e w r itte n o r spoken in w ords o r sen tences, is so m an y s ta te m e n ts o f fact. A ll t h a t w e re a d o f th e lives o f ap o s tle s , p ro p h e ts o r m a r ty r s , is sim p ly a reco rd o f facts. A ll these a re s te p s b y w h ich we m o u n t to th e t f u th w hich is e te rn a l , o m nipo ten t, o m n isc ien t, u n ch an g ea b le . I f i t w ere th e t r u th w h ich ta u g h t M oses th e law o f h a tre d , th a t w ould be th e la w to -day . No; i t w as one step to w a rd th e t r u th , a n d th e on ly step possib le in th e ex is tin g s ta te of th in g s . •

Science o r a r t o n ly tak es ho ld o f t r u th w h en i t touches th e h e a r t , o n d aw ak e n s a sp ira tio n fo r th e good a n d tru e . T he sciences o f A stron­om y a n d G eology h a v e no - elem en ts o f t r u th o th e r th a n th e y subserve th e one g r e a t en d o f p ro m o tin g h u m a n e levation a n d h ap p in ess. T he re lig io n o f th e age is one o f fact r a th e r th a n o f t r u th . M en a re w or­sh ip p e rs o f one stu p e n d o u s fac t, a n d th a t fac t gold. T he p r in c ip le o f a t r u e re lig io n a re p r in c ip le s o f t r u th , su ch a s Je su s sp a k e , w h ich an e te rn ity w ill n o t e x h au s t— p rin c ip le s w h ich s p ru n g from L ove, th e source o f a ll t r u th .

M r. A. B . W n ix iN a le c tu re d in th e a fte rn o o n on th e su b je c t o f R ea­son . H e desig n a ted fo u r processes o r m odes o f reaso n in g :— th e in stin c­tiv e , w h ich is th e low est, a n d m an ifested even b y sa v a g e s; th e n - th e a n a ly tic a l a n d co m p ara tiv e w h ich lead m en to a n u n d e rs ta n d in g of n a tu r a l th in g s a n d th e law s w hich c o n tro l th em — su c h a s led N ew ton a n d F ra n k lin to th e g re a t p h ilo soph ical t r u th s (fac ts ?) w h ich th e y p ro­claim ed to th e w o rld ; a n d la s tly th e in tu itiv e , w h ich leads m en to trace th e correspondence betw een th e sp ir i tu a l a n d n a tu r a l w o rld s , to g ra sp s p ir i tu a l t r u th a n d tra c e i t in i ts m a te r ia l em bodim ent. T he la s t is th e h ig h es t office o f R eason. T he g re a te s t obstacles to reason a re fea r , conceit a n d p re jud ice . T hese a re co n s ta n tly th ro w in g im ped im en ts in th e w ay o f m a n ’s p ro g ress a n d s tr iv in g to confine h im , especia lly in sp ir itu a l th in g s , to th e know ledge th e p a s t has*unfolded, w ith o u t p e r­m itt in g an y new lig h t o r un fo ld m en t. T h e t r u e m a n , how ever, m oves o n th ro u g h life w ith reason c o n s tan tly a t th e h e lm , a im in g ever for h ig h e r conceptions a n d m ore e n la rg e d views. H e w ill be ch a r ita b le n o t o n ly to m en , b u t to id eas ; n ev e r re jec tin g a th in g because i t is n e w , b u t ex am in in g , w eig h in g c an d id ly before h e condem ns o r ap ­p ro v es .

T h e le c tu re w as followed b y a n im pro v isa tio n from th e follow ing s ta n ­z a , se n t u p by one o f th e aud ience :

“ T he G oddess o f b e a u ty , w ho loves e a r ly h o u rs ,A w akened th e G races to g a th e r y o n flow ers;T he G oddess o f w isdom com es la te r , a n d sa y s ,T hose w ith e r ; ta k e m in e ; th e y sh a ll la s t a ll y o u r d a y s .”

M r. W h itin g lec tu red in th e ev en in g on th e q u es tio n “ W h a t is th e object o f L ife ?” A poem w as a f te rw a rd s im prov ised on th e D ea th o f Webster. •

M rs. E . J . F r e n c h , th e w ell-know n tra n c e -sp e a k e r , s p ir i tu a l m ed ium ,a n d c la irv o y an t p h y sic ia n , now re s id e n t in N ew Y o rk , d es ig n s to v is it L ow ell, a n d th e v ic in ity o f B oston , on o r a b o u t th e 13 th o f Ju n e . A ll p e rsons des irin g h e r serv ices a s a le c tu re r o r c la irv o y a n t p h y sic ia n in th e v ic in ity o f B oston, a re req u ested to a p p ly a t th e office o f th e S p ir i t u a l A g e , 14 B rom field s tre e t, B oston.

H . P . F . 'U f i e l d ’s ad d ress , fo r th e p re se n t , is a t G reenw ich , M ass.

C onference a t th e L yceum , C lin ton H a ll, A sto r P lace ,F e i d a t E v e n i n g , J u n e l l t h .

D r. H a l l o c k re a d from a la te n u m b e r o f th e O b erlin Evangelis t , e x tra c ts from a n a r tic le o f Jo e l T iffany , E sq ., copied in to t h a t p a p e r , to g e th er w ith com m ents by th e ed ito r. I n th e te x t q u o ted , M r. T iffany declares in su b stan ce , t h a t th e re is ju s t a s good ev idence th a t th e re a re ly in g , ev il sp ir i ts , a s we hav e th a t th e re a r e t r u th fu l a n d good ones; a n d th a t th is fac t is estab lish ed b y th e c o n c u rre n t tes tim o n y o f th e g re a t m ass o f S p ir i tu a lis ts ; th a t th e com m unications com m only re ­ceived fro m sp ir its a re m ostly co n tra d ic to ry a n d a b s u rd ; t h a t S p ir itu ­alism h a s th u s f a r ta u g h t m en to th ink , r a th e r th a n f e e l ; a n d h as fa iled to c a ll those en gaged in th e in v es tig a tio n in to a know ledge o f th e ir re lig io u s n a tu r e ; t h a t m a n y S p ir i tu a lis ts , on becom ing su c h , h av e lost th e ir re lig io n , th e p ra y e r fu l s p ir i t , a n d a sp ira tio n s for a h ig h ­e r , p u r e r life ; th a t som e h av e becom e v ic tim s to a sen su a l-p h ilo so p h y ; th a t i t h a s b eg a t in o th e rs a m o ra l a n d re lig io u s a th e ism ; th a t th e God o f th e S p ir itu a lis ts is to be admired, b u t n o t to be beloved; a n d , final­ly , th a t sp ir i tu a l co m m u n ica tio n s a re d an g e ro u s to those w ho do n o t seek, w ith honest a sp ira tio n s , to q u a lify them selves, m o ra lly a n d re lig ­io u sly , fo r th e h ig h e s t an d ho liest com m union.

D r. H a l l o c k sa id : I f i t be t r u e th a t th e g re a t body o f S p iritu a lis ts w ould affirm from th e ir experien ce th a t th e re a re ly in g sp ir its , w h ere is th e objection to th e fa c t? I t is n o t th e m iss io n o f S p iritu a lism to w rite th e e te rn a l law s o f th e D eity up o n th e sk y . T h is is n o t th e o r­d e r o f N a tu re . T h e re sh o u ld be no P op e , no u lt im a tu m , to re n d e r a decision a n d sh u t off in q u iry . I f th e re w ere , m en would cease to grow . B u t th e fact i tse lf needs proof. H e believed m ost o f th e d isc repanc ies in com m unications from th e sp h e res , w ere to be re fe rred to th e im p er­fections o f th e m ed ium s. B u t in a n y even t i t cou ld m ak e no difference w ith th e re a l va lu e o f S p ir itu a lism . I ts ab u ses sh o u ld n o t be la id to ita ch a rg e . T he abuses o f C h ris tia n ity fu rn ish no reaso n w h y i t shou ld be th ro w n aw ay . H e th o u g h t we h a d some s in g u la r apostles in th e field. I f we become w itnesses for th e w o rld , w e o u g h t to know w h ereo f w e affirm . Such w rite rs , as th e one in q u es tio n , in s te a d o f a id in g th e cause , become stum b lin g -b lo ck s in th e w ay o f those w ho a re e n te rin g th e k ingdom . .

D r. B e o w n : O u r h ead s a re given u s for U3e. I f w e so u se th em in ap p lica tio n to th e evidences before u s , w e m u st come to th e conclusion th a t th e re a re ly in g sp ir its . W e a re to s ift com m unications, an d ju d g e of th em by th e ir m erits . O u r in te llec ts a re g iv en us fo r th is . E v ery one m u st siCt fo r h im self, se lect th e good, a n d th row th e b ad aw ay .

D r. O r t o n : M r. T iffan y ,-in th e p o rtio n s o f h is a r tic le w hich weh av e , w ould seem to occupy a n ex trem e g ro u n d . B u t th e ed ito r o f th e E vangelis t , in h is com m ents, m akes h im responsib le fo r m ore th a n he h as sa id . T he sam e, p e rh a p s , to som e e x te n t, is t ru e o f th e re m a rk s of D r. H allock . T h a t th e re a re ly in g b ad sp ir i ts , as w ell as good ones, every one in th is room know s, o r o u g h t to k n o w ; an d th is is a logical necessity , as w ell as a dem o n stra ted fac t, w h ich no one w ho considers th e c h a ra c te rs o f th e beings we d ism iss to th e sp ir it-w o rld , w ill be able to g e t over. B u t i f th is be so, an d i f a la rg e sh a re o f th e com m unica­tio n s a re even u n re liab le a n d a b s u rd , i t does n o t v itia te th e g re a t fac t o f com m union ; an d in th e p re sen t condition o f th e w orld , i t is d oub t­less b e tte r for o u r g ro w th th a t every step shou ld be a tte n d e d w ith u n ­c e r ta in ty , to a c t a s a s tim u lu s to o u r pow ers. W e do no t need a final i ty ; w e can n o t h av e one. I n th e n a tu re o f th e case, th e beliefs o f to ­d ay w ill be e n la rg e d , p e rh a p s o b lite ra te d , b y th e su p e rio r l ig h t o f to­m orrow . I t w as also t r u e , in th e ju d g m e n t o f th e sp e ak e r, th a t th e g re a t la c k o f S p ir itu a lis ts , a s a bod y , is in re lig ious developm ent. T hey h av e n o t reached th a t p o in t y e t, b u t th e y w ill; fo r m an h a s a re ­lig ious n a tu r e —h is m ost in te r io r— w hich sooner o r la te r w ill v ind ica te its su p rem acy . Som e, he k n ew , on becom ing S p ir itu a lis ts , h a d seem ed to fo rg e t th a t th e re w as a G od,— h ad become sheer p a n th e is ts ,— b u t the g re a te r p a r t occupying th a t position , w ere w orse off w hen S p iritu a lism fpund them th a n th ey a re now — u nbelievers in a f u tu re as w ell as a G od, a n d e v e ry th in g n o t tan g ib le to th e n a tu r a l senses. B u t w hile th is is t r u e on th e re lig ious p lan e , i t is also t ru e th a t in th e field of th o u g h t S p iritu a lis ts h av e done a n d a re d o ing m ore for th e benefit o f m an k in d , th a n a ll th e re s t o f th e w orld p u t to g e th er. T he few w ho assem ble in th is h a ll h av e se n t fo rth m ore g re a t , liv e , g lo rious t r u th s , to elec trify a n d ch eer on th e ra c e , th a n th e w hole body o f its science a n d theology.

D r. G r a t : T he C h u rch , a n d a l l t h a t h a v e gone before u s , hav ebeen in se a rc h a f te r an a u th o r i ta r ia n S p iritu a lism . They h av e lost s ig h t o f th e v a lu e , th e D iv ine uses o f s in . Y ou p u t a n aco rn in th e g ro u n d , in a m ild a n d eq u a l c lim ate , w h ere i t is n ev e r exposed to th e im p e r ti­n e n t f ro s t, o r th e s t r a in o f th e w inds a n d th e s to rm s, a n d th o u g h it g row a th o u sa n d y e a rs , i t w ould n ev e r g a th e r so lid ity a n d s tre n g th . No one w ould t r u s t h im se lf a t sea w ith i t ; — i t w ould n e ith e r be fit for k nees , n o r r ib s , n o r s id ing . B u t expose i t to th e w a r o f th e e lem ents , a s God does, an d we g e t th e live o ak , fit fo r th e uses to w h ich i t is ap ­plied . So is i t w ith m an . H e m u st be m ade s tro n g by expo su re , an d severe ca lls on a l l h is se p a ra te pow ers. H e m u s t be ta u g h t to s ta n d a lone , fo r h e is obliged to m ee t th e w ild shocks o f life a lone , a n d to w a lk th ro u g h th e d a rk v alley on h is ow n feet. In th e op in ion o f th e sp e ak er, S p iritu a lism im proves b ad m en . W h ile in com m u n ica tio n w ith sp ir its a t lea s t, th e y a re for th e tim e e lev a ted in h e a r t a n d feeling. A S p iritu a lis t stops p ra y in g . S p ir itu a lism h a s don e for h im ju s t w h a t d e a th w ill. I t h a s rev ea led h im a s he is. Go in to th e c h u rc h e s a n d conv ince th em th a t th e re is no d ay o f ju d g m e n t, no h e ll, a n d th ey w ould Btop p ra y in g too. A g a in , w e o ften m a k e a g r e a t m is tak e in confounding im pressions w h ich w e m ak e on one a n o th e r , w ith s p ir i tu a l com m unications. A l it t le d a u g h te r o f h is , th e o th e r m o rn in g on aw ak ­in g , to ld h e r m o th er th a t sh e h ad ju s t d ream ed th a t he h a d sa id she need n o t go to school a n y m ore d u r in g th e h o t w ea th er. T h a t w as th e v ery sub jec t occup y in g h is m in d a t th e tim e , as he w as w a lk in g to v is it a p a tie n t. T h e ir spheres w ere in r a p p o r t , a n d by th e com m on law gov- e r n i D g th e b len d in g o f sp h e re s , h is th o u g h ts w ere im p ressed on h e r m ind . H e w ould la y th is dow n as a n axiom .' T h e po tency o f th e w ill depends on th e deg ree o f o rd e rly uses w hich h av e been in co rp o ra ted in a m a n ’s life. H e could n e v e r be seduced b y one on a low er p lan e th a n him self. I n o rd e r to a b len d in g o f sp h e res , th e re m u s t be h a rm o n y .

D r. O r t o n : T h a t a c e r ta in h a rm o n y is n ecessary in o rd e r to p e rm ita b len d in g o f sphe res , is t r u e ; b u t th e re is a n o th e r v e ry im p o rta n t fact w hich m u s t n o t be overlooked. A good m an is liab le to be th ro w n off h is b a lan ce . A n ap p e a l, o r tem p ta tio n , add ressed to one p o rtio n o f h is b ra in , m ay b r in g h im dow n, th ro u g h th e agency o f a sing le o rg a n , on to a p la n e m u ch below h is u su a l one; a n d th u s a m a n m ay be seduced b y one below h im . T h is t r u th w as very p o in ted ly i l lu s tra te d in a re la ­tion m ade to h im by one o f o u r p ro m in e n t frien d s , w ho h a s recen tly h a d experience in a series o f tran ces . O n one occasion, th e g en tlem an in qu estio n , d u r in g h is in tro m issio n in to th e sp ir it-w o rld , found h im self in a p u b lic b u ild in g , w here severa l in d iv id u a ls o f q u estionab le c h a ra c ­te r w ere engaged in o rg an iz in g a m ock c h u rc h . T hey proposed h im fo r m em bersh ip , a n d severa l c y p r ia n s , w ith th e ir d isg u s tin g b lan d ish ­m en ts, c irc led ab o u t h im , in efforts to m ak e h is p a th w a y easy . A t firs t he loa thed th e ir p resen ce ; b u t soon th ey becam e e n d u ra b le ; a n d an o n , to h is c h a n g in g senses, becam e endow ed w ith p u r i ty a n d b e a u ty . T he ex p lan a tio n o f th is r e s u lt w as, n o t t h a t he h a d elevated th em to h is p lan e , b u t th a t th e y h a d filled h im w ith th e ir sp he res a n d d rag g ed h im dow n to th e irs . H e w ould in q u ire o f D r. G ra y , i f he th o u g h t the in te rv e n tio n o f d e a th m ade people a n y b e tte r .

D r. G r a y : D ea th ra ises ev ery one to th e c la irv o y a n t s ta te , so t h a the h a s a w id er a n d c le a re r view o f w h a t is n ecessary for h is advancem en t.

D r. O r t o n : B u t w orks o f itse lf no ch an g e in h is affections o r loves.D r. G r a y : I t is t ru e th a t a l l m ay be tem p ted , a n d a re liab le to fa ll;

b u t he cou ld n o t be induced to s tr ik e , w hile en g ag ed in a n a c t o f c h a r ­i ty a n d m ercy . T he w ili o f a m an w h o is in o rd e rly uses is positive to one on a low er p lan e .

M r. N e m o n d : H e w as a G erm an . I n G erm an y th e y m a n u fa c tu reth in g s for u se ; b u t h e re in A m erica , fo r sale. So in com ing h ere he h a d fallen fro m th e heav en o f m ak in g th in g s fo r uses, to th e hell o f m a k in g th em sim p ly fo r tra d e . •

D r. H a l l o c k : I t req u ire s g re a t p a in s to p re v e n t old th o u g h ts be in g c a rr ie d over in to new ones. I t is bes t to go to th e roo t. E stab lish D i­v in ity th e re , in fin ite in w isdom , goodness a n d pow er. T h is covers th e whole g ro u n d . T h e re is , acco rd in g ly , no room left fo r ev il in th e u n i­verse . A c a in : T here is no ra tio betw een one m a n a n d an o th e r . I f D r. O rto n is on a h ig h e r p la n e th a n I am , h e is n o t in a condition to ju d g e o f m y position .

D r. O r t o n : T h a t, in a c e r ta in sense, is t r u e ; b u t i t is n o t as p o in t­ed ly t ru e as is th e fac t, th a t a m an c a n n o t see a t a ll on a p la n e w h ich - is above h im . W e can g en era lly su rv ey w ith co nsiderab le c lea rn ess an d p u rp o se , objects b en ea th u s— fields, p e rh a p s , over w h ich w e h av e t r a v ­e led— b u t a ll above o u r heads is positively a terra incognita. I f a m an d isag rees w ith u s , i t is v e ry easy to ca ll it a ssu m p tio n on h is p a r t , o f su p e rio r p u r i ty , p e rh ap s . B u t no im p lica tion o f th e k in d shou ld ever be m ad e , u n less th e sp e a k e r’s m a n n e r in d ic a te c la im to su c h su p e rio rity .

T est In te rv ie w s w ith S p irits . •M r. H e n ry L acro ix , o f M o n trea l, be ing recen tly in New Y o rk o n a v is it

a n d becom ing in te re s ted in th e sub jec t o f S p ir itu a lism , “ d e te rm in ed upon h a v in g a p a lp ab le p ro o f o f th e existence o f sp ir i ts , i f su c h cou ld be o b ta in e d .” W ith th is in te n t he called on v a rio u s m ed ium s in th a t c ity a n d e lsew h ere ; th e re su lt s e rv in g to convince h im “ o f th e t r u th in th e m a tte r , a n d to sa tis fy h im th a t sp ir its com m une w ith m o rta ls in v a ­r io u s w ay s .” I n a le t te r to th e Telegraph h e reco u n ts som e o f th e oc­c u rre n c e s w h ich h a v e a id ed h im to th is conclusion . W e e x tra c t th e sub jo ined :

PROOF OF OCCULT INTELLIGENCE.

Ju d g e E d m o n d s v e ry k in d ly in v ited m e to h is h ouse , w h ere I sp e n t th e ev en in g , u p o n th e firs t d a y o f m y a r r iv a l. H e b e in g en g a g e d , I w as in tro d u c ed by h im to M iss L a u ra , h is d a u g h te r . T h ree o th e r p e r ­sons cam e in a f te r m e, a n d sp e n t th e even ing w ith u s . D u r in g th e soiree, M iss L a u ra described th e ap p ea ran ce o f sev era l s p ir i ts w ho stood a ro u n d th e o th e r v isito rs. T he d escrip tion o f one o f th e sp ir i ts c o u ld n o t be rem em b ered b y th e la d y to w hom th e d escrip tio n w as ad ­dressed .

M iss L a u ra sa id : “ T he sp ir i t sa y s B h e w ill m ak e h e rse lf k n o w n to y o u .”

W e w a ited in silence a few m in u tes. A ll a t once M iss L a u ra ex­c la im ed , “ Do y o u kn o w w h ere I cam e from ?”

“ N o .” an sw ered we." F ro m A lb a n y ,” sa id she. “ I w as c a rr ie d opposite a b u ild in g

w h ich b ea rs th is s p ir i t ’s n a m e .”T he la d y to w hom th is w as add ressed th e n rem em bered p e rfe c tly th is

sp ir it . I s n o t th a t a v e ry novel w ay o f g iv in g o u t one’s n a m e ? a n d is i t n o t a positive p ro o f o f a n occu lt in te lligence ? S evera l o th e r d e sc rip ­tio n s o f s p ir its w ere also g iv en , w h ich satisfied th e p a r tie s for whom th ey w ere in ten d ed .

SPIRITS IDENTIFIED.

I w as an x io u s ly w a itin g fo r m y tu rn . A t la s t i t cam e. M iss L a u ra gave m e th e d escrip tio n o f tw o s p ir its n e a r m e, one o f whom w as an a u n t o f m ine. T hey ag reed v e ry w ell. I how ever fe lt som ew hat in ­c red u lo u s, th in k in g th a t those descrip tio n s m ig h t be th e reflex from m y m in d , those tw o sp ir its h a v in g a lre a d y spelled o u t th e ir nam es a t c ircles w here I h a d been s itt in g p rev iously . I w as in d u lg in g those con flic ting th o u g h ts , w hen a ll a t once M iss L a u ra excla im ed , “ I see a n o th e r s p ir it n e a r y o u .”

She th e n gave m e th e descrip tio n o f a n old p r ie s t w ho d ied a few y e a rs ago a t M o n trea l, b e a r in g th e nam e o f St. P ie r re , whom I h a d w ell k n o w n , b u t o f whom I w as n o t th in k in g . H e h ad n e v e r ap p eared to a n y o f th e circles I h ad frequen ted before. M y d oub ts w ere a t once a n n ih ila te d . T h a t cou ld n o t be a n y reflex o f th o u g h t. I w as in te llec tu a lly convinced.

JUDGE EDMONDS.----A TLEASANT INTERRUPTION.

M iss L a u ra , w hile describ in g th e sp ir its— sh e sees in h e r n a tu r a l s ta te — keeps on conversing w ith h e r v is ito rs in th a t am iab le a n d u n a s ­su m in g w ay w hich p e c u lia rly ch a rac te rizes h e r . A n au ra o f p u r i ty su r ro u n d s h e r p e rso n , w h ich is to th e soul lik e th c sw eetest perfum es to th e senses. T ow ard te n o ’clock h e r fa th e r cam e dow n, a n d con­v ersed w ith us u n ti l th e tim e of o u r leav ing . I f he h a s no m ore th e leg a l t i t le o f Judge, he h a s it s till in th e sp ir i tu a l cause , w here h is de­cisions a re often ca lled fo r, a n d in w hom we s til l find th e ju d g e . Is th e la s t n o t m ore env iab le th a n th e f irs t?

(W hile w ritin g th is la s t lin e , I fe lt a n overpow ering a n d delicious in fluence com ing over m e, a n d th e la rg e desk u p o n w h ich I am w ritin g m oved five o r s ix inches to w ard m e. M y w ife, w ho is an u n b e liev er in S p iritu a lism , com ing in to th e room a t th e m om en t, p la in ly saw it m ove, an d becam e frig h ten ed . Is i t some s p ir i t- f r ie n d o f th e Ju d g e w ho m oved th e d esk ? T here is a tre m o r in th e desk a n d in m y c h a ir , as a n an sw er. . . I s n o t th is s ig n if ican t th a t sp ir i ts hav e cognizance o f o u r d o ings, w ritin g s a n d th o u g h ts ? H ow p le a sa n t a n d consoling is th a t conviction ! . . . How m u ch i t s tim u la te s u s to w ard perfec­tion! . . . T h is in te r ru p tio n in m y n a r ra tiv e h a s been a p le a sa n t in c i­d e n t to m e —so p le a sa n t th a t I w ish to p lease o th e rs b y the re c i ta l o f i t . )

T he J u d g e ’s hou se is , I be lieve , open to in v e s tig a to rs o f S p iritu a lism once a w eek, o r once a m o n th ; h is la rg e an d su m p tu o u s room s a r e 'th e u a ll th ro w n open to in q u ire rs , a n d he does a ll in h is pow er to re n d e r th c e n te r ta in m e n t ch eerfu l a n d usefu l.

AN IM PRESSION CONFIRMED. .

I w as five d ay s in N ew Y ork . I m ean t to leave on th e fo u rth d ay , a n d th ere fo re ca lled on M rs. Coles to bid h e r ad ieu . W hile conversing th e re , w ith h e r , M iss I r is h a n d D r. S co tt, I to ld th em th a t I in ten d ed to leave th e sam e a fternoon b y th e s ix o ’clock b o a t. M rs . Coles th e n said th a t she h a d a n im pression th a t I w ould n o t leave. I lau g h ed a t h e r asse rtio n . I t w as th e n ab o u t tw o o ’clock. W ell, it so h a p p e n e d th a t I d id n o t leave th a t d a y , a s I w as ce rta in I w ou ld , I becam e so ta k e n u p w ith w h a t occu rred . M iss I r i s h was m esm erized , M rs . Coles w en t in to th e tra n c e -s ta te , a n d so m an y in te re s tin g th in g s h ap p en ed , th a t w hen I looked a t th e tim e-p iece to be off i t w as h a lf -p a s t five. I t w as too la te to th in k o f s ta r t in g ; th e bo a t w as too fa r off from th e house.

S P IR IT PERSONIFICATIONS.

T he sam e n ig h t I a tte n d e d a circle w ith M rs. Coles, in H udson s tre e t, w here I p layed a conspicuous p a r t . I fo rget th e la d y ’s nam e w ho w as h a v in g th a t circle . I t w as th ro u g h m y h a n d bein g ap p lied over th e e y e 3 o f th is la d y , w ho is a m ed ium , th a t she w as m ad e ab le to give o u t th e n am e of th e b u tc h e r o f th e Central A m er ica , w hom she personified— also to te ll th e nam e ^ n d n u m b er o f th e s tre e t he liv ed in in New Y ork . S he w en t th ro u g )M h e ag o n y by d ro w n in g , w h ich w as m ost h e a r t- re n d in g to w itness. SnfjShad a lread y personified h im seve­r a l tim es before, b u t w ith o u t b e in g 'a b le to do a n y m ore. She person i­fied also a sp ir i t w ho w as th e nephew of a g en tlem an of th e c irc le , an d th is nephew h ad a conversa tion w ith h is u n c le th ro u g h th e m edium . I t w as a v e ry in te re s tin g com m unication . I d id n o t keep a n y no te of th e d e ta ils c f th a t n ig h t’s circle.

S PIR IT HANDS, ETO.

I called on M rs. B ro w n , w hom I lu ck ily found a t hom e. I l ia d ca lled p rev io u sly , b u t she w as in th e c o u n try . I w as in tro d u c ed to M rs. S ., a n e ld erly lad y , w ho w as, I believe, h av in g a s ittin g . I s a t a t th e ta ­b le, an d fe lt a t once a n in v isib le h a n d seizing ho ld o f one o f m y legs. I m ade a ju m p a n d re tre a te d som ew hat from th e tab le . M rs. B row n w as s it t in g a t a d istan c e from m e; h e r h a n d s a n d th e o th e r la d y ’s h a n d s w ere upo n th e tab le . I t therefo re m u s t have been a sp ir it-h a n d . I d id n o t expect to bo touched so soon, a n d th e novelty o f i t su rp r ise d m e. I how ever cam e b ack to th e charge. I h ad gone to th a t m edium to te s t such fac ts. I ag a in fe lt o th e r h a n d s ; th e p re ssu re o f ev ery fin­g e r w as p la in ly felt. T hey w ould a t tim es f la tte r m e, a n d p u ll a t m y p a n ts , so th a t I pe rfec tly saw th e low er p a r t o f th e m m oving . M rs. B row n com m enced sin g in g a so n g ; a h a n d w ould accom pany th e tu n e b y kno ck in g one finger ov er an o th e r q u ite p la in ly , a n d loud en o u g h to be h e a rd . T here cou ld h av e been no deception ab o u t it. I w as q u ite a liv e to th e te s ts ; m y eyes k e p t a c o n s ta n t se a rc h . T he m ed ium sa id i t w as m y C ith er’s h a n d . She described h im ; also m y m o th er. Sho to ld m e th a t m y m o th e r h ad d e p a r te d th is life f irs t, w hich w as t r u e ; a n d m a n y o th e r th in g s , th e re la tio n o f w h ich w ould fill u p too m u c h space here .

A CHILD MEDIUM.

A t th a t m om ent one o f M rs . B ro w n ’s c h ild re n cam e in to th e room . S he is a sw eet l i t t le c re a tu re , fo u r y ea rs old. She sees th e sp ir its in h e r n a tu r a l s ta te , a n d describes them in h e r ow n p e c u lia r ch ild ish la n ­g u a g e , w h ich is v e ry am u sin g . T h a t l i t t le d e a r h ad fa llen from a la d ­d e r a few d ay s before, u p o n a stone , w hich h a d s t ru c k h e r ov er th e eye, a n d a la rg e b u m p w as th e re , d isfig u rin g som ew hat h e r sw eet coun te­n ance . I la id m y fingers a few m in u tes over i t , a n d i t d isa p p ea re d . I th e n asked h e r to look u n d e r th e tab le an d te ll m e w h a t she th e re saw . “ Three" lit tle children, w ho a re ju m p in g on y o u .” H ow could she h av e know n th a t I h a d lo st th re e ch ild ren ?

PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS.

I a tte n d tw o circles in M on trea l. T hey a re , I be lieve , th e on ly ones here . O ne is on th e ph y sica l p la n e , th e o th e r in te lle c tu a l a n d m o ra l. A t th e p h y s ic a l c irc le , w e a re fo u r re g u la r m em bers— a la d y , tw o b ro th e rs , a n d m y se lf O ne of th e b ro th e rs is a v e ry po w erfu l p h y sic a l m edium . W e h av e h a d a t th is c irc le very e x tra o rd in a ry p h y sic a l m a n ­ifesta tions. W e o b ta in ra p s on th e tab le a n d in d ifferen t p a r ts o f th e room . T he ta b le is lif te d u p com pletely fro m th e floor, a n d dances ab o u t in a g re a t s ty le . I t ju m p s ab o u t on fu rn i tu r e , p ushes u s a t th e en d o f th e room , k n o ck s dow n c h a irs an d p ick s th em u p , a n d goes th ro u g h a g re a t m a n y m o re experim ents.

F R E E CONVENTIOTT,A T R U T L A N D ., Y T ., O N T H E 2 5 t h , 26 t h A N D 2 7 r n O F J U N E .

A m ong th e sp e ak ers w ho a re expected a t th is C onvention , a re__ A ndrewJa c k so n D av is , M a ry F . D avis, W endell P h il l ip s , W m . L loyd G arriso n , H e n ry C. W rig h t, A . E . N ew ton , Jo e l T iffany , Kev. A . D. M ayo, Geo. W . C u rtis , G e r r i t t S m ith , Jo sep h D ugdale , W . S. M ay , D r. H . F . G ard ­n e r , T . W . H igg in so n , M rs. F ra n c e s G age, A. E . S im m ons, E . W . E v a n s , R ev. J . F . W alk e r, B e v . Jo s h u a Y o u n g , R ev . H . P . C u ttin g , R ev. H . E lk in s , M rs. E rn e s tin e L . R ose, M rs . E liza W . F a rn h a m , M rs F . O . H y - zer, M iss A. W . S p ra g u e , M rs . M . S. T ow nsend , M rs . S a ra h A . H o rto n , M rs . H . F . H u n tley .

A m ple accom m odations w ill b e m ad e to feed a n d lodge a ll w ho m ay be d es iro u s o f a t te n d in g th e C onvention . A rra n g e m e n ts h av e been m ad e w ith th e d ifferen t ra ilro a d s to c a r r y fo r h a l f fare . S pecia l j^a in s w ill be r u n on th e R u tla n d a n d B u rlin g to n , R u tla n d a n d W ash in g to n , a n d W este rn V erm o n t ro ad s. O u r f rie n d s fro m B oston a n d v ic in ity w ho w ish to be a t th e C onvention on th e m o rn in g o f th o f irs t d a y , w ill b u y th e ir tic k e ts th ro u g h to R u tla n d , a n d ta k e th e P . M . t r a in T h u rs ­d a y , J u n e 2 4 th O n th e C hesh ire R a ilro ad th e y w ill be fu rn ish ed w ith r e tu rn checks from R u tla n d to F itc h b u rg . Those w ho leave B oston on th e firs t t r a in F r id a y m o rn in g , w ill a r r iv e in R u t la n d a t 2 .30 P . M . Rooms a n d b o ard h av e been secu red a t h o te ls , b o a rd in g houses a n d in p r iv a te fam ilies , from 50 cen ts to § 1 .2 5 p e r d a y . Those w ish in g to engage room s befo reh an d w ill please m ak e ap p lica tio n b y le t te r to J o h n L an d o n a n d N ew m an W eeks, G en e ra l C om m ittee.

T h e ce leb ra ted Hutchinson F a m i ly w ill b e p re se n t a n d en liv en th e occasion w ith th e ir songs.

R u t l a n d , J u n e 10 , 1858. .

P E R S O N A L A N D S P E C I A L ,

P R o r . J . L . O t i s , P rin c ip a l o f th e N ew H am p sh ire S ta te N o rm al School, w ill receive ca lls for h is se rv ices as a tra n c e speak er. A ddress, M arlow , N . H .

M rs. H . F . H u n t l e y w ill le c tu re in U n ity , N . H . , on S u n d ay Ju n e 2 0 th ; in T a u n to n , M ass ., J u ly 4 th ; in Q u in cy , J u ly l l t h , 18 th , 25 th . Those d es irin g h e r se rv ices d u r in g A u g u s t o r Sep tem ber, m ay address h e r in J u n e a t P a p e r M ill V illag e , N . H . ; in J u ly a t Q u incy M ass.

A. B . W h i t i n g m ay be ad d ressed d u r in g th e p re se n t m o n th a t th e F o u n ta in H ouse, B oston . Those d es irin g h is se rv ices a s a le c tu re r d u r in g th e e n su in g th ree m o n th s , a re req u ested to a d d ress h im before J u ly 1 s t H e w ill an sw er ca lls to speak in th e v ic in ity o f B oston d u r ­in g th e m o n th o f Ju n e .

M i s s E m m a H a r d i n g e w ill lec tu re a t B a ltim o re on th e S u n d ay s o f J u n e 2 0 th an d 27 th . A p p lica tions fo r MiSs H a rd in g e ’s serv ices as a le c tu re r on th e in te rv e n in g w eek d a y s in t h a t v ic in ity , m ay be add ressed to th e ca re of W . A. D an sk in , E s q . , B altim o re .

D r. A . B . N e w c o m b w ill an sw er ca lls to le c tu re on S u n d a y s on S p iritu a lism . A ddress 28 E llio t s tre e t, Boston.

L o r i n g M o o d y w ill le c tu re in E x e te r , N . H . , S u n d a y , J u n e 2 0 th ; P o rtsm o u th , S u n d a y , J u n e 2 7 th ; P o r t la n d , M e., S u n d a y , J u ly 4 th . F rie n d s in each p lace a re req u ested to see th a t n o le c tu re fa ils for w a n t o f need fu l a rra n g e m e n ts . M r. M oody w ill a c t a s a g e n t fo r th e “ S p ir i tu a l A g e .”

M rs . C o r a L . V. H a t c h w ill speak in th e M elodeon, B oston , S u n d ay s J u n e 2 0 th an d 2 7 th , a t 10 1-2 o ’c lock, A . M .

L . J u d d P a r d e e , w ill le c tu re a t R echab H a ll, P o rts m o u th , N . H ., on S u n d a y , J u n e 2 0 th ; L o r i n g M o o d y , J u n e 2 7 th ; M rs. F . 0 . I I y s e r ,

J u ly 4 th , a n d d u r in g th e m on th .

M iss A. W . S p r a g u e w ill speak a t C oncert H a ll, B u r lin g to n , V t., S u n d a y , J u n e 20 th . H o u rs o f m ee tin g , 2 an d 7 1-2 P . M .

A m a n d a M . B r i t t in ten d s m a k in g a le c tu r in g to u r th ro u g h W iscon­s in , N o r th e rn I llin o is a n d M ic h ig a n , b e g in n in g J u ly 1 st. A p p lica tio n s fo r h e r se rv ices se n t to L a S alle , 111., w ill be p ro m p tly responded to.

T H E S P I R I T U A L A G E .B O S T O N A N D N E W Y O R K , JU N E 1 9 , 1858.

L b t t k r s R e ceiv ed .— N . W e e k s 2 , G . M & xham , H . M a n n erin g , J . B . H o s te d , JL J . P erk in s , E . P . G ray , H . C hase , TF. G. B e y e r , F . R . G rid ley , S . B . N ichota , J . p . H aza rd , A . H . B r it t , R . L . A ndre i t s , W . K och, O. B ak e r, S. B . J e n n e s s , A . !^rlert O. J . M allen, D . F ield , J . P . B oodey, G. W . K e ith , A . B . C ra ig , C . K eU ey , L . M . H arrison , J . Sm all, E . W a rn e r, J . N . B lan ch ard . E . T ., E . W . K n ig h t, W . H . C arroll,O. B arnes, A. W a lk er, S. B . N ichols, M . M ay , H . F . H u n t le j , M . H . 'P ttU e , I* R o b ­inson, M. 8 . Tow nsend, O. I*. W oodruff, C . W . R ichardson , X*. M o o d y , H . G o u ld , 8 . B a r r y & C o ., J . M . F rien d , G . Steam s* ,

G e o r g e S t e a r n s , a u th o r o f ** T he M is tak e o f C hristendom ,** w il l an sw er c a lls , in a n y d irec tio n , to le c tu re o n th e V ario u s Im p o sitio n s o f E cclesias tica l A u th o r i ty , a s w ell a s o n th e R a tio n a l E v id e n c e o f L ife a f te r D e a th , a n d P rospective H ap p in ess th e re in . A d d res8> u n t i l f a r th e r n o tice , W est A cto n , M ass.

T h e su b sc rib e r co n tin u es to receive c a lls to le c tu re on S p ir itu a lism H e is p re p a re d to p re s e n t- th e su b je c t in i ts P h en o m en a l, B ib lica l a n d P h ilosoph ical a sp e c ts ; a lso , to d isc u ss i ts c la im s to p u b lic & vor^ w itk a n y h o n o rab le d is p u ta n t . J o h h H obabx .

R eferences— D r. H . F . G a rd n e r a n d A . E . Newton*

MEETINGS IN BOSTON.S u n d a y M e e t i n g s . — A. B . W h i t i n g , o f M ic h ig a n , w ill sp e ak in th e

tra n c e a t th e M elodeon, on S u n d a y n e x t , a t 3 a n d 7 3 -4 o ’c lo c k ,P .M .S p i r i t u a l i s t M e e t i n g s w ill be h e ld a t N o. 14 B rom fie ld S t . , e v e ry

S u n d a y a fte rn o o n . A dm ission free . A C i r c l e fo r m ed ium develop ­m e n t a n d sp ir i tu a l m an ifesta tio n s w ill be h e ld e v e r y S u n d a y m o rn in g • a n d ev en in g a t th e S a m e place. A dm ission 5 cen ts .

MEDIUMS IN BOSTON.J . V. M A N S F IE L D , M edium for an sw ering S ealed L e tte rs , m a y b e ad d re ssed a t

N o. 3 W in te r s tree t, B oston (over G. T u rn b u ll & Co.7s d ry goods sto re).T khms— M r . M. devotes h is w hole tim e to th is business, a n d ch a rg e s & fee o f $1

a n d four postage s tam p s to p a y re tu rn postage , for hi* efforts to ob ta in a n o iu i c c r , b u t does no t g u a ran tee a n answ er for th is sum .

Persons who w ish a g u a ran tee w ill receive a n answ er to th e ir le tte rs , o r th e le t te r a n d m oney w ill be re tu rn e d In t h i r t y d a ys f r o m i t s r e c e p tio n . C h a rg e foe g u aran tee , $3 .

N o le tte rs w ill receive a tten tio n un less accom panied w ith th e p ro p e r fee.M r. M ansfield w ill receive v isito rs a t h is office on M ondays, W ednesday* a n d S a t­

u rd ay s . P ersons a re req u ested n o t to ca ll on o th e r d a y s . r 39 t fM iss W A T E R M A N , T rance an d T e st M edium , 142 H arriso n A venue. H o a rs , 9 to

12 an d 3 to 9: T erm s fifty cents p e r ho u r. •M rs. A . J . K EN ISO N , T est M edium , 70 T rem ont s tree t. H ou rs from 10 to 1 , and 9

to 5. 24— SmM iss E . M OORE, R ap p in g , W ritin g , a n d T ran ce T e s t M edium . B oom s N o. lfc

T rem ont stree t, u p s ta irs , opposite the M useum . H o u rs from 9 to 12 a n d 2 to 7.M rs. D IC K IN S O N , N o. 3S B each s tree t, Seer, H ea lin g a n d T rance M edium , gives

com m unications concerning th e P a s t, P resen t an d F u tu re .M iss R . T. A M ED Y , 32 A llen stree t, B oston, T rance S peak ing M edium , w il l a n sw e t

calls for speak in g on the S abbath and a t a n y o th e r tim e tUp friends m ay desire . Ad” dress h e r a t 32 Allen stree t, B oston. 3 3 * She w ill a lso a tte n d funera ls.

M rs. R . H . B U R T , W ritin g a u d T rance M edium , 24 1-2 W in te r s tree t—Room H ours from 10 to 1, an d from 2 to 7. > 2—3m

M rs. K N IG H T , W ritin g M edium , 15 M ontgom ery p la ce , u p one f l ig h t o f s t a h a door No. 4. n o u r s 9 to 1 an d 2 to 5: T erm s 50 cen ts a seance.

M rs. B E A N , R a p p in g , W ritin g an d T rance M edium . H o u rs from 9 to 1 A. If . for M cdical E x am in a tio n s , an d 2 to 5 au d 7 to 9 P . M . for M anifestations, a t N o . 80 E lio t s tree t. • .

M rs. D. C. K E N D A L L , A r t i s t , N o. S9 C am bridge St., B oston . F low ers, L a n d ­scapes, e tc ., p a in ted u n d e r S p ir itu a l In flu en ce . C ircles M onday a n d F rid a y ev en in g .

M R S. H . A . LA N G FO R D ,T hrough sp irii-d irec tions, h as changed h e r labors to th e ex am ination o f a n d p r t a e i l ^

tions for d iseases. H o u rs, 9 tb 12, an d 2 to 5, T uesdays an d F rid ay s . P erso n a l com * m unicationg as u su a l, by tran ce a n d w riting . Term s $ 1 p er h o u r . M ed ic in es p re­pared th rough epirit-d irections b y her en tirely . H ouse re a r 71 C ham bers s tr e e t . 25*

T H E F O L L O W IN G A R E N O W R E A D Y .A ddress delivered before th e la te C onvention in fav o r o f ex ten d in g to W o m a n tbtt

E lective F ranch ise . B y Geo. W . C urtis. P rice 10 cent6, or to th e trad e a t $7 p e r hund red .

T r a c t s , b y Ju d g e E dm onds, con ta in in g eigh t in th c series. T hese T ra c ts fornlftfc a sim ple a n d com prehensive s ta te m e n t of th c F a c ts a n d P h ilosophy o f S p ir itn a lifM Price p e r h u n d red $1.50, o r 24 cen ts th e series.

T h e o d o r e P a r k e r ’s S e r m o n s o s R e v i v a l s . — T he dem and for th e se rem a rk a b le discourses con tinues u n ab a ted . M ore th a n 20,000 h ave a lread y been so ld . P r ice for th e th re e d iscourses, 24 cen ts , o r $G p e r h u n d red .

B eside thc above, th e subscriber h a s a g en e ra l a sso rtm en t o f S p iritu a l a n d R eform P u b lica tions, a n d w h atever po in ts to th e E levation o f H u m a n ity , in d ep en d en t o f creeds, b u t recogn izing T ru th , com e from w hence it m ay .

24— tf S. T . M UN SON , No. 5. G rea t Jo n e s s tree t, N e w Y ork .

M rs. J . W . C u r r i e r -will receive ca lls to le c tu re iu th e tra n c o s ta te u p o n th e S iib b a th , o r a t a n y o th e r tim e d es ired . M rs. C. is a C la irvoy­a n t , H e a lin g , a n d T est M ed ium . A d d ress J . TV. C u k b i e r , L ow ell, M ass.

© b itu a r ]j f t o l i t f s .T o o k F i x a l L e a v e o r t h e B o d y , n e a r A ttic a , In d ., on th e 31 st o f

M ay la s t , o f in fla m m ato ry rh e u m a tism , J e h u W a l m s l y , aged 5 2 y ea rs . B ro . W alm sly -was one o f th e firs t S p ir i tu a lis ts o f th e W abash V a lle y ; w as m u ch beloved a n d h ig h ly esteem ed b y an ex tensive circle o f friends. H is k in d a n d ev er sy m p a th iz in g u n io n o f s p i r i t a n d body tr il l be very m uch m issed b y h is frie n d s in th is e a r th -life . H e re a d ily an d ca lm ly gave u p h is e a r th -b o d y , w ith a firm a n d u n flin c h in g conviction o f th e beau ­t ifu l t r u th s co n ta in ed in th e H arm o n ia l P h ilo so p h y ; th e t r u th o f w hich , fo r m ore th a n tw en ty y e a r s , h av e d em o n s tra tiv e ly f a m ish e d h im w ith u n m ista k a b le ev idence o f im m o rta l life. H e w as a g re a t d re a m e r, a n d som ew hat a E e e r ; a n d i t is a w ell-know n fa c t w ith som e o f h is frien d s th a t he d id foresee a n d fo retell se v e ra l re m a rk a b le even ts a t d ifferent tim es, fo r m a n y y e a rs p rev io u s, also sin ce m odern S p iritu a lism w as k n o w n ; a n d in h is be lief he u n d ersto o d from w hence th is pow er cam e, even before o u r s p ir i t w rite rs an d te a c h e rs g av e i t form or ex p lan a tio n . H e w as ev er to be found one o f th e forem ost w ith th e advance g u a rd o f P ro g ress io n a n d R eform , u n e q u iv o c a tin g in h is p rogressive sen tim en ts , a n d n ev e r a sh am ed to g ive v en t to them w ith w ords.

A few m om en ts p rev io u s to h is p u t t in g o u t in to the g re a t sea o f sp ir ­i tu a l i ty , h is sk ep tic frien d s tes ted h is (som e w ould say fa ith ) know ledge in m odern S p ir itu a lism b y in te rro g a tio n s . H is cool rep ly w as, “ I sh a ll soon go on a h u n tin g ex cu rs io n in th e sp ir i t h u n tin g g ro u n d , w ith m y frien d Jo se p h M c M u rtr ie ” (w ho w as h is w arm frien d , a n d h a d gone a few y e a rs before h im ) .

A d iscou rse on th e occasion o f b u ry in g h is bo d y w as delivered in the open cem etery upo n N a tu re ’s b e a u tifu l g re e n g ra ss , b y o u r h ig h ly es­teem ed frie n d o f re fo rm , B ro . S im on B ro w n . T he w ea th e r on th is oo- casion , for ab o u t th e firs t in se v e ra l w eeks , w as fine; th e assem blage v e ry la rg e ; th e d iscourse w as a h e a v e n ly one, a n d doubtless w ill be lo n g rem em bered b y those who listened to it. Im m ed ia te ly p reced ing th e d iscourse a p assage w as re a d from th e “ H ea lin g o f th e N atio n s , ” th e la s t p o rtio n o f th e 3 0 th c h a p te r , com m encing a t the 8 1 st verse.

F. E. G.

G o n e t o t b e h i g h e r h o m e !— M r. J o s i a h F r e n c h , aged G7 y ea rs a n d n in e m o n th s , left h is m a te r ia l form a t h is residence in N o rth C lar­endon , V t ., on th e ev en in g o f th e 7 th o f J u n e , to e n te r up o n th e h ig h e r life , a n d rea lize th e g lo ry o f th e jo y s he h a s so long an tic ip a ted . H e h a s ev er been a p io n eer in a l l refo rm m ovem ents, a n d w hen firs t the new s reach ed h is e a rs t h a t sp ir its cou ld com m unicate , h is soul received i t as a t r u th , a n d h e h a s since w alked in its lig h t. To h is alm ost help ­less d a u g h te r , he h a s been a fa ith fu l, lo v in g p a re n t , an d w atched h e r w ith a lm ost a m o th e r ’s te n d e r ca re . F a ith fu l iu every position , he w as t r u ly a u se fu l m a n ; a n d bein g su ch in th is life , w ill be m ore able to con tinue on in goodness in tho h ig h e r , a n d s til l be u se fu l to h is d ea r fam ily , w ho h a v in g also seen th e g lo ry o f th e F a th e r , w ere ca lm an d resig n ed to th e d isp en sa tio n a lth o u g h i t cam e su d d e n ly upo n them .

I t w as h is re q u e s t th a t M iss S p ra g u e a n d m y se lf shou ld a tte n d h is fu n e ra l, w h ich re q u e s t w as g ra n te d ; a n d i t s e e m e d -alm ost a s though th e ang e ls w ere la b o rin g th a t i t m ig h t b e , as w e w ere , w ith in a h a lf h o u r ’s notice b y te le g ra p h . I w as re q u e s te d b y tb e frien d s to rep ea t for p u b lica tio n , th e w a rn in g I rece ived o n T uesday m o rn in g before re ­ce iv ing th e d isp a tc h . I w as in th is c i ty , a n d very e a rly in th e m orn­in g , I th o u g h t m y se lf s ta n d in g by a d y in g person w ho sa id to m e, “ Be su re a n d a t te n d m y fu n e ra l! D on’t re fu se !” I a w o k e w ith th e w ords r in g in g in m y e a r . A t h a lf p a s t n in e o ’clock I received th e d ispa tch co n ta in in g a no tice o f h is decease a n d a re q u e s t fo r m y a ttendance . T he w ords spoken fro m , th ro u g h o u r noble s is te r , M iss S p ra g u e , w ere th ese , “ To liv e is C h r is t; to die is g a in .” I tjw a s a b e a u tifu l , com fort in g , a n d in s tru c tiv e d iscourse.

I k n o w t h a t h e h a s g o n e t o o n e o f t h e m a n s i o n s i n o u r F a t h e r ’ s

h o u s e , t o r e a p t h e r e w a r d o f h i s f a i t h f u l l a b o r s i n t h e e a r t h l i f e ; a n d

m a y t h e d e a r o n e s l e f t f o r a s e a s o n b e h i n d , e v e r r e a l i z e t h a t a n a n g e l

g u a r d i a n c a n n o w b e n u m b e r e d a m o n g t h o s e g o n e b e f o r e , w h o s e n a m e

t o t h e m i a B t i l l , f a t h e r . M . S. T o w m s e x d .

EVENING CIBCLES.D r. G. A . R e d m a n will hold pub lic circles a t M uDfon’a room s, S a n d 7 G rea t J a m

s tree t, on T u esd ay an d T h u rsd ay evenings of each w eek, u n ti l fu r th e r notice, com­m encing a t 8 P .-M . T icketa of adm ission , 50 centa.

The Bubscriber ia in nego tia tion a n d w ill aoon be ab le to announce h ia arra n g e- m enta w ith o ther d is tingu ished m edium s, so th a t th e friends from ab road , aa w ell a s

those in the c ity , m ay be accom m odated a t a c e n tra l po in t, d a y a n d even ing . A p p li­ca tions of p a rtie s for p riv a te in terv iew s w ith m edium a will bc a tten d ed to.

21__tf S. T . M UN SON , 5 G rea t Jo n e s s tree t, New T o rk .

NEW PUBLICATIONS.P a rk e r ’s Serm on of Im m o rta l Life, 5 th E d ition . P rice 10 cen ts . A lso, P a r k e r ’s

tw o Serm ons on R evivals, an d one on F alse ayd T rue Theology, l 'r ic e 8 cen ts e a c h . J u s t published and for aale by B E L A M A R S II, N o. 14 B rom Celd s tree t, w here m a y be had all th e various o th e r w ritings of the-sam e au th o r, e ith e r in p am p h le t form o r bound in clo th , a t w holesale an d re ta il. 21— tf

_ A MOST STARTLING DISCOVERT.T h e O rig in a l G o sp e l o f J e s u s , tra n s la te d from M anuscrip ts in I ia tin {bond in

th e C atacom bs of Rom e! E d ited b y R ev . G ibson Sm ith .T h is G ospel ia com piled b y M atthew from h is ow n m em oranda a n d those o f P e t r r ,

M ark , L uke a n d Jo h n , an d la s tly rev ijed by P e te r. A lso th e A cts o f th c E leven D is ­ciples, ttie la s t E p istle of P e te r to th e C hape lites, th c A cts o f P a u l a n d th e J e w is h S anhedrim , an d th e H is to ry of J e s u s , b y P e te r. H ence th e re a l New T e stam en t a d ­m itted b y D ivines to h ave been lo s t in th e ea rly nges of th e C h ris tian e ra . i s foond, an d , free from h u m a n in terpo la tions , is p resen ted to th e w orld. P rice 75 cen ts .

T o r sale b y S. T . M unson, N o. 5 G re a t Jo n e s s tree t, N ew Y o rk ; B ela M a rsh , 1-4B rom field s tree t, B oston ; R ev. G ibson S m ith , SoutJ Shaftsburj-, V t ; a n d A . B o s e , N o. 11 C en tra l Row, H artfo rd , C onn. 20

ORAL DISCUSSION.J u s t pub lished . A n O ral D iscussion on S p iritua lism betw een S. B . B r it ta n a n d

D r. D . D . I la n so n . Svo. 145 p p . P rice , bound, 03 c ts ; p a p e r, 38 c ts . F o r sa le b y S. T . M r s s o s , 5 G reat Jo n es stree t, New Y ork . 20

PUBLIC ORAL DISCUSSION.S piritualism an d th e O pposition, a t H artfo rd , betw een S. B . B r it ta n , a n d D r . D* D .

H anson . T rice 3S cen ts. M rs. H a tc h ’s D iscourses on R elig ion , M orals, P h ilo sophy , a n d M etaphysics. P rice $1 .00 . t h e M istake of C hristendom ; o r J e s n s s o d h ia Gospel before P a u l an d C hris tian ity . P rice $1.00. J u s t pub lished , a n d for sa le b y B EL A M A JtSII, N o. 14 B rom field s tree t. ^7—tf

MRS. METTLER’S MEDICINES. ,R e s to ra t iv e S y r u p — P rice $1 p e r bo ttle . D y s e n te r y C ord ia l— 50 cen ts . E l i x i r —

50 cts. N e u t r a l is in g M ix tu r e — 50 cen ts . P u lm o n a r ia — $1. L in im e n t— $1. H ea lin q O in tm e n t— 25 cen ts p e r box . F o r sale b y B E L A M A R S II, N o. 14 B r m -

1 J _______*ffield s tree t, Boston. t

SPIRITUAL BOOKS AND PERIODICALS.C E N T R A L D EPO T , NO. 5 G R E A T JO N E S S T R E E T , N E W Y O R K .

Officc o f th e S p iritu a l A ge.S. T . M UNSON £ C o., A gen ts , second door E a s t of B roadw ay , opposite th e I a *

F a rg e , keep a ll th e Reform P ub lica tions, to ge ther w ith a sp lend id asso rtm en t o f S p irit*u a l Books, a ll of w hich w ill be sold a t th e low est pub lisher’s p rices fo r ca sk . AU p e t - sons who w ish to p u rchase the class of Books m entioned, w ill find i t fo r th e ir ad T a n ta g e to send th e ir o rders to M unson & Co., who w ill give in s ta n t a t te n t io n to th e d e ­m ands of th e ir custom ers. S ubscrip tions received for a ll . -

Spiritual and Reform Papers and Serial P u b lica tio n !.Books and o th e r m erchand ise ordered a t o u r es tab lishm en t, n o t ex c ep tin g M isceHa*

n e o u s a u d School B ooks, S ta tionery , &c., w ill be sen t th ro u g h th e p oe t office, b y the press, o r in p riv a te h an d s , as m ay be d irected , w ith o u t d e la y , a n d a l l p a p e rs a n d p a l . odicals forw arded a s soon as pub lished .

A l l S p i r i t u a l i s t s a n d R e f o r m e r s who v is it New Y ork , a re r e q u i t e d to c a n , immedi­a te ly on th e ir a r r i v a l , a t M unson & Co.’s, fo r th e p u r p o s e o f r e g is te r in g th e i r n m m t f . B y th is m eans they m ay b e c o m e k n o w n to tbe f r i e n d s in th is c ity , a n d th u s their l a . t e r e s t s an d p l e a s u r e m a y be e s s e n t i a l l y p r o m o t e d .

M erchan ts a n d o thers from different p a r ts of th e c o u n try , w ho w a n t a n y o f the S p iritu a l papers , should ca ll a t the office of T h e S p ir i t u a l A g e , a q d su b sc rib e . T h e location is cen tra l, and th e whole estab lishm en t on th e firs t floor, so t h a t o u r c u A v m ers aro n o t requ ired to ascend an y lofty fligh ts to m aa'-essiblc u p p e r room s to f in d

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tion of claim s an d a ll business p e r ta in in g to th e p rofession , in th e C o u rts o f K ev York a n d B rook lyn an d th e ad jo in in g coun ties.

B y th e ir p ro m p t a n d und iv id ed a tte n tio n to bu sin ess they hope to deserve sh a re o f th c p a tro n ag e o f th e s p ir itu a l public .

RICE’S SPIRIT MEDICINES.P u r i f y i n g S y r u p % P rice $1 ,00 p e r b o ttle . N e r v e S o o th in g .E / i r i r , P r ic e GO te n s

p e r bo ttle . H e a lin g O in tm e n t , P r ic e 25 cen ts p e r box . P u lm o n a r y P t i c60 cen ts p e r bo ttle .

These M edicines h av e a ll been te s ted an d ca n b e re lied u p o n ; th e y e o o ta ia a p e t . son. T h ey a re a ll p re p a re d f r o m s p ir i t d ir e c tio n * b y WlLLLUt X. Rn Tor * tu b y B E L A M A R S II, N o. 14 B rom field s tre e t, B oston.

i n t e r e s t i n g I P m l f e i t g *F L O W E B S .

BY H . W . B E E C H E R . '

Happy i s the man that loves flowers! Happy, even if it be a lo v e adulterated with vanity and strife. For human passions n e s t le in flower-lovers too. Some employ their zeal chiefly in h o r t ic u l tu ra l competitions, or in the ambition of floral shows. Others love flowers as curiosities, and search for novelties, for “ sports,” $nd vegetable monstrosities. We have been led th ro u g h costly collections by men whose chief pleasure seemed t o b e in the effect which their flowers produced on others, not on themselves. Their love of flowers was only the love o f b e in g praised for having them. But there is a choice in van­i t i e s and ostentations. A contest of roses is better than of horses. We had rather be vain of the best tulip, dahlia, or ranunculus, than of the best shot. Of all fools, a floraf fool deserves the eminence.

But these aside, blessed be the man that really loves flowers! — lo v e s them for their-own sakes, for their beauty, their assc- ciations," the joy they have given, and always will give; SO that he would sit down among them as friends and compan-

. i o n s ,if there was not another creature on earth to admire or praise them ! But such men need no blessing of mine. They a r e blessed of God ! Did He not make the world for such men? A r e they not clearly the owners of the world, and the richcst of all men? ■

I t is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a passion for nature in the natural way n e e d n o pictures nor galleries.' Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.

He who only does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pit­ied like any other man who is born imperfect. I t is~a misfor­tune not unlike blindness. But men who contemptuously re­ject flowers as effeminate and unworthy of manhood, reveal a certain coarseness. Were flowers fit to eat or drink, were they stimulative of passions, or could they be gambled with like stocks or public consciences, they would take them up just where finer minds would drop them, who love them as rev­elations of God’s sense of beauty, as addressed to the taste, and to something finer and deeper than taste, to that pow­er within us which spiritualizes matter, and communes with God through His work, and not for their paltry market val­ue.

Many persons lose all enjoyment of many flowers by indul­ging false associations. There be some who think that no •weed can be of interest as a flower. But 1̂1 flowers are weeds where they grow wildly and abundantly ; and somewhere our rarest flowers are somebody’s commonest. Flowers growing in noisome places, in desolate corners, upon rubbish, or rank des­olation, become disagreeable by association. Roadside flow­ers, ineradicable, and hardy beyond all discouragement, lose themselves from our sense of delicacy and protection. And, generally, there is a disposition to undervalue common flowers. There are few that will troublo themselves to examine, minute­ly, a blossom that they have seen and neglected from their childhood ; and yet if they would but question such flowers, and commune with them, they would often be surprised to find extreme beauty where it had long been overlooked.

I f a plant be uncouth, it has no attractions to us simply be­cause it has been brought to us from the ends of the earth and is a great “ ra rity ;” if it has beauty, it is none the less, but a great deal more attractive to us because it is common. A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. I t gives joy to the poor, the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no flowers were nature to charge a price for her blossoms. Is a cloud less beautiful, or a sea, or a mountain, because often seen, or seen by millions ?

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I love a flower that all may have; that belongs to the whole, and not to a selebt and exclusive few. Common for­sooth ! a flower cannot be worn out by much looking at, as a road is by much travel.

How one exhales, and feels his childhood coming back to him, when, emerging from the hard and hateful city streets, he Bees orchards and gardens in sheeted bloom,—plum, cherry, pear, peach, and apple, waves and billows of blossoms rolling over the hill sides, and down through the levels. My heart runs riot. This is a kingdom of glory. The bees know it. Are the blossoms singing? or i s all this humming sound the musio of bees? The frivolous flies that never seem to be thinking of anything are rather sober and solemn here. Such a sight is equal to a sunset, which is but a blossoming of the

. clouds. ' -We love to fancy that a flowey is the point of transition at

which a material touches the immaterial; it is the sentient veg­etable soul. We ascribe dispositions to i t ; we treat it as we would an innocent child. A stem or root has no sugges­tion of life. A leaf advances toward i t ; and some leaves are as fine as flowers, and have, moreover, a grace of motion sel­dom had by flowers. Flowers have an expression of counte­nance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; oth­ers again are plain, honest, and upright, like the broad­faced sunflower and the hollyhock. We find ourselves speak­ing of them as laughing, as gay and coquettish, as nodding and d a n c in g . No man of sensibility ever spoke of a flower as he would of a fungus, a pebble, or a sponge. Indeed they are more life-like than many animals. We commune with flowers — we g o to them if we are sad or g lad; but' a toad, a worm, an insect, we repel, as if real life was not half so real as im­aginary life. ‘ W hat a pity flowers can utter no sound ! A B inging rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ! O, .what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be.

When we hear melodious sounds,—the wind among trees, the noise of a brook falling down into a deep leaf-covered cav­ity—bird’s notes, especially at n igh t; children’s voices as you ride into a village at dusk, far from your long absent home, and quite home-sick; or a flute heard from out of a forest, a silver sound-rising up among silver-lit leaves, into the moon­lighted air ; or the low conversations of'persons whom you love, that sit at the fire in the room where you are convales­cing ; when we think of these things we are apt to imagine that nothing is perfect that has not the gift of sound. But wo change our mind when we dwell lovingly among flowers ; for they are always silent. Sound is never associated with them. They speak to you, but it is as the eye speaks, by vi­brations of light and not of air.

C o « y BHf iAx iO N .—The art of conversation conists in the ex­ercise of two fine qualities. You must originate, and you must sympathize— ycu must possess at the same time the habit of communicating and listening. The union ia and must be irre­sistible.

T H E F O R T U H 'A T E D R E A M .Who can explain truly the philosophy«f dreams? The met­

aphysicians, from Aristotle to" Hamilton, have all tried their hands at the problem, and have all, as we think, failed in its solution. They give us speculation, theory, conjecture, in abundance, allowing how, by the laws of association and sug­gestion, active even in the somnolent brain, the phenomena may be produced. But which one of them all has dropped the sounding line of a true analysis into the depths of the mys­tery and drawn up the truth, so palpable in essence and proof, as to command and receive the recognition of a universal ac­ceptance?

We venture to submit, that a true and satisfactory theory of those airy creations which people the brain of the sleeper, is still a desideratum in mental science. Some new Kant or Locke has yet to arise who, seizing the true elements of the problem, and conducting the inquiry by the processes of a high­er metaphysical logic, shall present the world with* the needed supplement to its love of the intellect'. But until the white sails of this perhaps yet unborn Columbus of the mind come shining on the intellectual seas, we must be content to accept the received philosophy of dreams, dividing them into two great classes, the normal and the abnormal—the former inclu­ding those of which the known laws of mind seemedto afford a satisfactory explanation, and the latter embracing that excep­tional class, such as monitory and prophetic dreams, of which no adequate solution has yet been offered.

Were I to attempt to chronicle a tithe of the dreams of the latter class which I have collected and jotted down in my com­mon-place-book, the column of the Home Journal alloted to these tales, would shimmer for months with the haze of dream­land. Let me select one, almost at random, and transcribe it with some verbal additions only to the original entry.

Moses, a negro man belonging to a respectable citizen of Mobile, was a staid, sober-sided gentleman of color, a little past middle age. He labored faithfully for his master, and was rewarded with a large share of his confidence, and a lib­eral proportion of his own earnings. He was, consequently, never without pocket change sufficient to make his frugal pur­chases and gratify his simple tastes.

One day the scheme of a prize lottery, published on flaming handbills and posted up at the corners of the streets, attract­ed the attention of Mosos. He was seized with a sudden pas­sion to buy a ticket and try his chance for one of the prizes. Full of the project and of the emotion which it excited in his breast, a stranger, till now, to the fever of speculation, he re­tired to his bed at night, more to ponder over h:s contemplated, novel investment of a portion of his surplus cash, than to sleep. Not, indeed, that he had any conscientious scruples as to the morality of a purchase of a lottery ticket; but he felt a sort of money scruple at the idea of a possible loss of both prize and price of a chance. Nature, at length, asserted her rights, and Moses slept the fevered sleep of a troubled brain. In the visions of the night he saw unrolled before him the identical• Ohandbill which had attracted his attention during the day. The eyej of his mind wandered over its column of prizes, and rested, at length, upon one, opposite to which he saw, dis­tinctly, the number “ 2,000” inscribed on the margin of the bill. The impression was exceedingly vivid and remained quite distinct in his memory the next morning when he awoke. He went immediately to the agency office of the lottery, and, by permission of his master and the agent, bought the ticket numbered “ 2,000” in the scheme.

The day for tho drawing came, and it was found that Moses had become the owner of a prize of ten thousand dollars in cash. Number “'2,000” had quintupled itself, and the multiple of increase was solid gold. His master offered him permission to purchase his freedom ; but he declined to do so. The mon­ey was put at interest in the hands of a trustee, and Moses, who is yet alive and living in Mobile, draws from the deposit whenever he needs funds to pay for the annual hire of himself, or to cash the bills for his purchases.

A strange feature in the case is that Moses buys, every year, a ticket in some lottery numbering “ 2,000” and has never yet failed to draw a prize, generally small in amount, but swelling, one year, to the sum of two thousand dollars!

Can all the metaphysicians in Christendom explain the mys­tery of this dream and its literal fulfilment? Verily there are more wonders shut iu by the curtain of sleep- than have yet been solved by the analysis of our crude intellectual phi­losophers-— Home Journal.

L I V I N G ITT H E A R T S .

I t is better to live in hearts than in houses. A change of circumstances or a disobliging landlord may turn one out of a house to which he has formed many attachments. Removing from place to place is with many an unavoidable incident of life. But one cannot be expelled from a true and loving heart save by his own fault, nor yet always by that, for affection clings tenaciously to its object in spite of ill-desert, but go where he will, his home remains in hearts which have learned to love him; the roots of affection are not torn out and des­troyed by such removals, but they remain fixed deep in the heart, clinging still to the image, that object which they are morfe eager again to clasp. When one re-visits the home of his childhood, or the place of his happy abode in his life’s spring-time, pleasant as it is to survey each familiar spot, the house, the garden, the trees planted by himself or by kindred now sleeping in the dust, there is in the warm grasp of the hand, in the melting of the eye, in the kind salutation, in the tender solicitude for the comfort and pleasure of his visit, a delight that no more local object of nature or art, no beautiful cottage or shady rill or quiet grove, can possibly bestow. To be remembered, to be loved, to live in hearts, that is one so­lace amid e a T th ly changes—this is a joy above all the pleas­ure of scene and place. We love this spiritual home-feeling __the union of hearts which death cannot destroy; for it au­gurs, if there be heart-purity as well as heart-affection, and unchanging and imperishable abode in hearts now dear.

T h e M a r c h o f M i n d i n B o s t o n , ( E n g l a n d . ) — The follow­ing notice was lately seen stuck up in the public room of a hotel near Boston, England: “ All persons in favor of the Universal Salvation of Mankind are requested to meet in the hall of this tavern on Tuesday evening next, for the choice of officers.”

Kirivan says that a pious Scotchman used to pray :—<: O Lord keep me righ t; for thou knowest if I go wrong it is very hard to turn me.”

Did we not flatter ourselves the flattery of others could never hurt us.

Be above the world; act from your own sense of right and wrong. . ___________ _

W o m a n .—The last work of creation and the^best.

F o r th e S p ir itu a l A ge.

A L IF E ’S D R E A M R E A L IZ E S .

B T A . B . N.

F u ll m a n y d ay s I reached o u t in th e d a rk for th ee ,W hose soul fo r m ine in loneliness stood b loom ing Som ew here th ro u g h life’s unfiithom ed m y ste ry ,'W hile d a rk n e ss seem ed m y ev ery hope en to m b in g ;F u l l m a n y d a y s , m y soul w ith w a tch in g w orn ,F u l l m any n ig h ts , m y h e a r t w ith a n g u ish to rn ,I n sorrow sig h in g , y ea rn ed a n d lan g u ish e d fo r th y com ing.

I n fa ith m y vision tu rn e d to w ard th e E a s te rn h ills ,W here b re a k s th e m orn ing in its ro sea te sp le n d o r,A n d th o u g h t to see th y sp ir i t com e on la u g h in g r ills ,To flood my life with new-born joy and wonder;B u t th ro u g h th e 'g o ld en g a te s th o u d id ’s t n o t com e To bless m y sp ir it— deify its hom e—C harm ed w ith th in e ow n’s sw eet m usic , soft a n d te n d e r.

T hen in th e g leam in g g lo ry o f th e dazz lin g r a y O f noon tide su ltr in ess m y sp ir i t w a ited ;B u t on its g low ing w ings th o u cam ’s t n o t w ith th e d a y ;S till, s till upo n th y w eary m a rc h b e la ted —A n d I passed th ro u g h th e w ild ern ess , in g loom ,B id d in g m y soul w ith t ru s tfu l fa ith to bloom B r ig h t w ith th e hope i t one d ay shou ld be m ated .

A n d w hen th e tw ilig h t o f m y life d rew g e n tly on ,F lood ing th e m in d ’s sky w ith its c r im so n g lo ry ,W h en a ll m y hopes h ad p e rish ed , one by one,E ach tire d w ith te llin g each th e o th e r ’s s to ry ,T h en th o u d id s t b u r s t up o n m e w ith a r a y Li ke a s th e g lo ry w hich th e god o f d ay P o u rs o u t on a ll th e e a r th — golden a n d show ery .

In th y sw eet g race th o u s itte s t b y m y side th is n ig h t ,M y ow n loved b rid e , w ith w arm affection g low ing ;M y life -dream s bloom w ith ra y s o f ho lier l ig h t,I k now , th ro u g h th ee , to h a p p ie r re a lm s I ’m g o ing ;W ith thee I sh a re life 's sm iles , i ts h opes , i t s fea rs ,W ith th ee , in v ision , now I w a lk th e sp h e res ,A n d d r in k o f love from G od’s ow n fo u n ta in flow ing.

J

F o r th e S p ir itu a l A ge.

P A S S O N W A R D A N D U P W A R D .BY M. W . HAMMOND.

D ash fo rth upon th e deep b lu e w ave,F e a r n o t th e r ip p le on th e sh o re ;

T he s tro n g a rm e’e r su p p o rts th e b ra v e ,T hen cleave the su rf , n o r heed its ro a r .

B a th e in its cool an d sp a rk lin g b r in e ,I t w ill in v ig o ra te th y f ra m e ;

D r in k deep o f th a t ce lestia l w ine,T h a t w akes th e so u l’s im m o rta l flame.

G aze o n th e su n ’s su p e rn a l l ig h t ,N o r b lin k b eneath h is golden b eam s,

H is r a y s w ill form those v isions b r ig h t ,W hich m ake th y s p ir i t ’s holy d ream s.

T ak e for th y goal th e m o u n ta in ’s p e a k , . 'W hich re s ts in e th e r ’s sacred b lu e ;

T he p rize aw aits for those who seek ,The fu tu re opens to th y v ie w .

B e t ru e an d m anly in th y a im s,T ouch n o t th e d ross , b u t ta k e th e g o ld ;

T he w orld dem ands, a n d ju s tic e c la im s,T h y in n e r tre a su re s y e t u n to ld .

P h i l a d e l p h i a , M ay 3 0 th , 1858.

A L L ’S W E L L .T he c louds, w hich r ise w ith th u n d e r , s la k e

O u r th irs ty souls w ith r a in ;T he blow m ost d readed falls to b re a k

F ro m off o u r lim bs a c h a in ;A n d w rongs o f m an to m an b u t m a k e

T he love o f God m ore p la in .A s th ro u g h th e shadow y len s o f even T he eye looks fa rth e s t in to h eav en ,O n g leam s o f s ta r a n d d ep th s o f b lu e T he g la r in g su n sh in e n ev e r knew . W h i t t i e b .

LOVE T H Y N E IG H B O R .F ro m th e low p ra y e r o f W an t, a n d p la in t o f W oe,O h n e v e r , n e v e r t u r n aw ay th in e e a r!F o rlo rn in th is b leak w ilderness below ■A h ! w h a t w ere m a n , shou ld H eaven re fu se to h e a r!To o th e rs do, ( th e law is n o t se v e re ,)W h a t to th y se lf th o u w ishest to be don e ;F o rg iv e th y foes; a n d love th y p a re n ts d e a r ,A n d friends a n d n a tiv e la n d ;— n o r these a lo n e ;A ll h u m a n w eal a n d woe le a rn th o u to m ak e th in e ow n.

— B e a t t ie .

-------H ow noble ’tis to own a fau ltHow generous an d d iv in e to forg ive it!

P R O S P E C T t T S .

THE SPIRITUAL AGE;D e v o t e d xo R a t io n a l S p ir it u a l is m a n d P r a c t ic a l R e f o r m .

T H E N E W EN G LA N D S P IR IT U A L IS T AND B R IT T A N ’S (N E W Y ORK )

S P IR IT U A L A G E U N IT E D .

A . E . N E W T O N a n d S. B . B R IT T A N , E d ito ra ,L . B . M ONROE, A s so c ia te E d ito r a n d B u s in e ss A g e n t.

The S p ir i tu a l A g e will be, as heretofore, m a in ly devoted to th e elucidation o f the n a tu re , law s, relations an d functions of M an •, the m ysterious capab ilities of d eparted h u m an spirits} toge ther w ith a ra tiona l philosophy of S p iritualism , bo th w ith respect to its essen tial p rinciples an d phenom enal illu stra tio n s; and i t w ill be one o f its card i n a l objects to reduce the accum ula ted sp iritu a l elem ents to a m ore scientific an d de m o nstra tive form.

I t is believed th a t th e com bination of ta le n t and concentration of patro n ag e *ec«red by th is un ion will enable the publishers to p resen t a p ap e r which will a t once tak e a lead ing position in the ran k s of progressive jo u rn a lism , aud w hich, as a n exponen t of the Philosophy an d P rac tica l Uses nf the G rand S p iritu a l R eform ation now in progress, w ill be second to no o ther publication in th e w orld.

T he S p ir i tu a l A g e w ill be published every S a tu rd ay , in a la rg e an d e legan t folio sheet, a t $2 p e r an n u m , in v a r ia b ly in a d va n ce . One D ollar will be received for six m onths. To clubs, five copies for $85 ten copies for $15; to Boston subscribers, w hen served by ca rrie r, $2.25. Specim en num bers forw arded fr e e to an y p a r t of th e world.

P r in c ip a l O ffice o j P u b l ic a t io n , NO. 1-4 B R O M F IE L D S T R E E T , B o s t o n .

N ew Y ork Office a t M unson’s Book-store, 5 G rea t Jo n es stree t.

A ddress S P IR IT U A L A G E , 14 B rom field s tree t B oston.

Single copies o f the A ge m ay be procured of Bela M arsh , 14 Brom field stree t, Boston. S. 1 \ I lo y t , 3 F irs t stree t, an d U nion D epot, Federhen k Co., 9 C ourt stree t, 4 T roy, N. Y.A. W illiam s k Cd., 100 W ashington s t., ‘ A H utch inson , 160 V ine St., C inc innati, O.Jo h n J . D yer k Co., 35 School stree t, ‘ S. W . P ease k Co., “S . T . M unson, 5 G rea t Jo n es s t., New York. W oodw ard & Co., cor. 4 th a n d C h estn u t A . S. T ay lo r, 289 T hird A venue. * s ts ., St. Louis, Mo.D ex ter k B ro the r. 4 H . T aylor, Sun B uilding, B altim ore.E . S. M cD onald, 78 C en tral S tree t, Lowell. F . M cBride, Post Olfice, C harlestow n, M ass. P hilip Teare, W oburn , M ass. H . F . W illiam son, L ake C ity , M inn.E . S. A yres, P ortlan d , Me. R . O. Old, E lg in , 111.A. Rose, H artfo rd , Conn. Geo. Ju d so n , New H av en , Conn.S. W . Shaw Providence. A lfred M unroe, New O rleans, L a .B arry k H enck , 836 Race s t., P h iladelph ia . I I . I I . W aldo, R ockford, IU.J . S. R an d a ll, N orw ich, N . Y. L . B ache, W ellsboro’, P a .

F . W- B . E M E R Y ,M A N U F A C T U R E R O F P A T E N T S E W I N G M A C H I N E S ,

F o t F a m i ly a n d M a n u f a c tu r in g P u rp o s e s .Office an d Sales room, 332 W ashington S tree t, opposite A dam s H ouse. 21

M ISS M . M U NSON,M E D IC A L C LA IRV O Y A N T AND T R A N C E M ED IU M ,

N O . 3 W I N T E R S T R E E T , B O S T O N .

M iss M . w ill devote M ondays, W ednesdays an d F rid ay s to g iv ing com m unications, and a lte rn a te day s to m edical exam inations. T e b j i s — C om m unications, in tra n ce or by w riting , one ho u r, $1 . E x a m in a tio n of p a tien ts In person , h a lf an ^ h o u r , $1. I f by h a ir in th e h an d s o f an o th e r person, $2. I f b y h a ir sen t b y m ail, req u irin g th e ex am ination to be w ritten ou t, $3. M edicines, convenien tly p u t u p , w ill be furn ished w hen req u ired . IS — tf

$ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 W O B T H OF C A B P E T S !!A T A N D E R S O N ' S T E N S P A C I O U S S A L E S R O O M S

N o. 9 9 B o w e ry , N ew Y o rk .T h is is th e la rg e s t E s ta b l is h m e n t in th e U n ite d S ta te s , w h ere C a rp ets are

so ld a t th e ch e a p es t r a te s . ( W i l l be so ld a t a g rea t sa cr ifice ).LOOK AT T H E FO L LO W IN G C A SH P R IC E S !

E n g lish V elvet C arpe ting , $1.12 1-2, $1.25, $1 37 1-2 p e r y a rd .E ng lish B russels C arpe ts , 75c, 80c, 90c, to $1 . .

T h ree-P ly C arpe tings, 87 l-2 c , $1.B eau tifu l In g ra in C arp e ts , 3 lc , 40c, 50c, 60c.

F loor Oil C loths, 30c, 37 l-2 c , 50c, 60c.W h ite a n d C hecked M atting , M ats , R u g s , W indow Shades, D ruggets, T able a n d P i­

ano C overs, an d C om M attin g for C hurches— all a t lo w p r ic e s ! Goods packed an d sh ip p ed , free of expense!

N . B . AU artic le s w arran ted as rep resen ted . U pholstery-executed p rom ptly , by an experienced h a n d , who h as done th e upho lste ry for th is estab lishm ent for 17 yea rs .

U T Fam ilies v isiting the g re a t m etropolis should ca ll an d exam ine th e enorm ous stock o f C arp e ts . H IR A M A ND ERSO N, No. 99 B ow ery ,

16— 1 30 _ S ign of th e la rg es t Gold E ag le in A m erica.

* L IG H T B R E A D ,W I T H O U T Y E A S T O R P O W D E R S .

1 7 H ow to m ake l ig h t delicious B read w ith sim ple F lo u r an d W a te r o n ly . I t can be p rep ared for th e oven in a few m inu tes (w ith coarse o r fine flour) an d m a y be ea ten w arm by Invalids w ith o u t in ju ry . R eceip ts for H E A L T H F U L CO OK IN G, &c. — a little H a n d Book, price 10 cen ts b y mail} m uslin covers, 15 cen ts. A ddress “ B oston W a te r C ure,” Boston, Mass} also for sale a t B ela M arsh’s, 14 Brom field s tree t.

w W e h a r e seen th e rece ip t tr ied b y a la d y w ho h a d no fa ith in it , a n d w ho w as su rp rised a t th e ligh tness a n d sw eetness of the b read . ”— P o r tla n d T r a n s c r ip t , A p r il 17 th . 24 6t*

M B S . M E T T L E B 'S M E D IC IN E S . *All th ese ' rem edies are- com pounded accord ing to M rs. M ettle r 's d irections, g iven

while in a s ta te of C la irvoyance , a n d a re p u re ly vegetab le , an d perfec tly safe u n d er a l l circum stances.

M r s . M e t t le r 's R e s to ra t iv e S y i-u p .—F o r an im pure s ta te of th e blood, d e ra n g e m en t of th e Secretions, B ilious O bstructions, U n eq u a l C ircu lation , Sick a n d N ervous H eadache, In a c tiv ity of th e L iver, C o nstipa tion o f th e Bow els, I r r i ta t io n of th e Mu* cuous M em brane, etc. P rice p e r bo ttle , $1.

M rs M e t t le r 's D y s e n te r y C o rd ia l.— A S to m a c h a n d B o w e l C o rre c to r . P rice pe r bo ttle , 50 cen ts.

M r s . M e t t le r 's C eleb ra ted E l i x i r .—F o r C holera, Colic P a in s , C ram ps o f th e S tom ach an d Bowels, R heum atic a n d N euralg ic P a in s , B ilious S tom ach, F ev er an d A gue, a n d in te rn a l in ju rie s . P rice per bo ttle , W cents.

M r s M e t t le r 's N e u t r a l is in g M ix tu r e .— F o r B ilious O bstructions, A cid ity o f th e S tom ach, D yspepsia , C onstipation of th e Bow els, H ead ach e , a n d F ebrile sym ptom s occasioned b y cold o r w orm s. P rice p e r bo ttle, 50 cen ts.

M r s . M e t t le r 's P u lm o n a r ia .—F o r Colds, I r r i ta t io n of th e T h ro a t a n d L u n g s , H em orrhage , A sthm a, C onsum ption , W hooping C ough, a n d a ll d iseases of th e R esp i­ra to ry O rgans. P rice p e r bo ttle , $1.

M r s . M e t t le r 's H e a lin g O in tm e n t .—F o r B urns, Scalds, F resh C u ts a n d W ounds o f alm ost every descrip tion , Boils, S a lt R heum , B listers, Swelled a n d *3ore B reasts or N ipples, G lan d u la r Swelling, P iles, C happed H an d s o r C haffing. P rice p e r box, 25 cen ts .

M r s . M e t t le r 's R e m a rka b le a n d U n p re ce d e n te d L i n i m e n t .—F o r Lam eness and W eakness of several p a r ts of th e h u m a n system , C on tracted M uscles an d Sinew s, R heum atic , In flam m ato ry an d N euralg ic A ffections, Callous a n d Stiff Jo in ts , Spas­m odic C ontractions, e tc ., e tc . P rice p e r bottle, $1.

J a m e s M c C l e s t e b , P roprieto r.5— tf S. T . M UNSON A gent, 5 G rea t Jo n es stree t, New Y ork.

M R S. M E T T lE R ’S PR E S C R IP T IO N S .D R . S. D . G R A N T, NO. 524 M A IN S T R E E T , H A R T FO R D .

H av in g opened a store a t the above num ber for the sale of M edicines generally , and especially of B o t a n i c an d E c l e c t i c R e m e d ie s , I am p rep ared to p u t up prescrip tions an d to forw ard them to an y p a r t of the country . I am especially au thorized to say th a t M rs. M e t t l e r will n o t ta k e an y responsibility for the prescrip tions she gives, if th e M edicines a re obtained elsewhere in th is city . She tak es th is course in o rder th a t th e pa tien ts, a s well as herself, m ay be fairly d ea lt w ith . C om plaints have been m ade of th e failu re of h e r Rem edies, w hen the fau lt h as been directly traced to th e incorrect m an n er in w hich h e r prescrip tions h ave been p u t u p . im pure and v itia ted artic les hav ing been used , an d , not un frequen tly , o ther m edicines su bstitu ted , by persons who have p u t up the prescrip tion for those she h as prescribed. This has operated w ith m anifest in justice , an d it is to avoid these inaccuracies of the d ru g shops th a t the estab lishm ent of the undersigned h as been opened.

I have ju s t received from W . S. M e r r i l l k C o ., o f C inc innati, Ohio, every v arie ty o f th e ir ce lebrated C o n c e n t r a t e d M e d ic in e s ; also, a la rge stock from the New Leb a n o n Society of Shakers, fresh an d genuine. N one b u t th e very best shall be k e p t by m e. D R . S. D. G RA N T.

M RS. M E T T L E R ’S M E D IC IN E S —R esto ra tive Syrup , D ysen tery C ordial, Pulm o n a r ia , N eu tra lis in g M ixture , Cholera E lix ir, L in im ent, O intm ent, P laste rs, &c., alw ays on h an d , fresh from th e factory . 12— tf

' T H E P R E M A T U R E D ECA Y OF Y O U T H .J U S T P U B L IS H E D BY D R. STO NE, P h y sic ian to th e T roy L u n g an d H ygien ic

In s t i tu te , a T rea tise on th e E a rly D ecay of A m erican Y ou th ; th e vice of Self* Abuse an d its d irefu l consequences; Sem inal W eakness, a n d o th e r D iseases of th e S exual O rgans in bo th M ale an d F em ale.

T he above w ork, con ta in in g th e m ost th rillin g inc idents in thc prac tice of th e a u ­th o r, h as received th e h ig h est com m endation from the lead ing p ap e rs of th e U nion, as one of th e m ost ab le ever published on th e sub jec t of such v ita l in terest. I t will be sen t b y m ail in a sealed envelope to a n y p a r t of th e cou n try , free of charge , on re ce ip t o f two stam p s for postage .

I t is estim ated th a t 30,000 of th e young fall v ic tim s in the U n ited S tates annually b y th is class of d isorders, (th e p rem a tu re developm ent and ino rd ina te exc item ent of th e ir passions,) an d genera lly thc causes arc so silen t an d hidden th a t p a ren ts or g u a rd ia n s a re n o t aw are in one case in one h u n d red o f th e ir existence.

The illu strious H alle r w ell observed th a t “ there are no secrets in physio logy .” I t is h igh tim e th a t th e com m unity were inform ed in reg ard to thc a ll-ap p allin g causes of such p rem atu re d ev asta tio n of h u m an life, an d we d isregard the p ersecu tion th a t sh a ll com e from th e conservative b igo try of A llopathy , in tak in g a t least oue step to diffuse it . A ddress D R . A N D R E W STONE,

P h y sic ia n to th e Troy L ung a n d H yg ien ic In s titu te , an d P hysician for D iseases of th e H e a rt, T h ro a t a n d L ungs, 9G F ifth s tree t, T roy, N . Y.

T~r A few e n te rp ris in g young m en will find v ery luc ra tive em ploym ent to sell thc above w ork. E x trao rd in a ry facilities an d inducem ents a re offered. ' 22— tf

M B S . M E T T L E R ’S P E E S C E IP T IO N S P R E P A B E D . 'O c t a v iu s K in g , 654 W ashington s tree t, B oston, is especially au thorized to p u t u p

M rs. M ettler’s P rescrip tions. A co n s ta n t su p p ly of M rs. M ettler’s Rem edies on h an d . . . 19—St*

S P IB IT -B E M E D Y FO R D Y S P E P S IA .A recipe for th e effectual cu re of th is d istressing com plain t, sim ple in its p re p a ra ­

tion, inexpensive, an d purely vegetable , will be forw arded to an y address on rece ip t of six red s tam ps. This rem edy h as been, an d is now, being used w ith th e g rea test sue cess in th is class of cases, an d was g iven by sp irit pow er th ro u g h the m edium ship of thc undersigned, who desires to give it to th c public on the above condition, know ing g rea t good will re su lt from its use. A ddress (w ith s tam p s enclosed) A . B . N e w c o m b ,23 E lio t street, Boston, M ass. 13— tf

A N A SY LU M FO B T H E A F F L IC T E D .H E A L IN G b y la y in g on of h an d s . C H A R L E S M A IN , H ealing M edium , h as

opened an A sylum for the A fflicted a t No. 7 D a v is s t r e e t , B oston, w here he is p rep are d to accom m odate p a tien ts d esiring tre a tm en t b y th e above process on m odera te term s.

Iy~r P a tien ts desiring board should give notice in adv an ce , th a t su itab le a r ran g e , m ents m ay be m ade before th e ir a rr iv a l.

Those sending locks of h a ir to ind icate h e ir d iseases, should enclose $1 for the ex am in atio n , w ith a le tte r s tam p to p re p a y th e ir postage . .

Office hours from 9 to 12 A . M ., an d from 2 to 5 P . M.

W M . E . B IC E , CLAIBVOYAN T P H Y S IC IA N ,O F F IC E No. 1 H udson P lace, nex to 27 H udson S tree t, Boston, M ass. I f sickness

o r d is tance p rev en t personal a tten d an ce , exam ination can be m ade from & lock of h a ir a n d a s ta tem en t of th e lead in g sym ptom s, age an d sex . Office ho u rs from 12 A. M . to3 P . M. Term s (in advance), w hen th e p a tien t is p resent, $ 3 ; when absen t, $5.

A . C. S T IL E S , M . D ., B R ID G EPO R T , CONN.,IN D E P E N D E N T CLA IRV O Y A N T, '

G u aran tees a tru e d iagnosis of th c d isease of th e person before h im , or no f e e w i l l be c la im e d . -

T e r m s to be s t r i c t l y o b served .—F o r C la irvoyan t ex am ination a n d prescrip tion , when th e p a tie n t is p resen t, $2. F o r Psychom etric delineations of ch a rac te r, $2. To insure a tten tio n , the fe e an d a postage s tam p m ust in a ll cases be advanced .

TO T H E A F F L IC T E D . 'D R . S. C U TTE R , assis ted b y M rs. G . W . W alk er, C la irv o y an t a n d H ea lin g Me­

dium , w ill a t te n d to th e w an ts o f th e s ick . Office, 221 C en tra l s tree t, Lowell M ass. P a tien ts w ill be accom m odated w ith board .

T H E SICK A R E H E A L E DW IT H O U T M E D IC IN E . JA M E S W . G REEN W O O D , H ealin g an d D eveloping

M edium , Rooms No. 15 T rem ont stree t, opposite th e M useum . Office hours from 9 A . M. to 5 P . M. O ther hours he w ill v is it th e sick a t th e ir houses.

In v es tig a to rs w ill find a Teat, R ap p in g , W ritin g an d T rance M edium a t th e above

S P IR IT U A L , CLA IRV O Y A N T, A N D M E S M E R IC PR E S C R IP T IO N S ,C A R E F U L L Y p rep ared b y O CTA V IU S K IN G , B o tan ic A p o th ec ary , 654 W ash

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